# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/rodrigo-melo-franco
# Generated: 2026-08-15T04:49:19.996Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/rodrigo-melo-franco"
name: "Rodrigo Melo Franco"
slug: "rodrigo-melo-franco"
description: "Rodrigo Melo Franco de Andrade (1898–1969) was a Brazilian art critic and historian. He served as director of preservation of artistic heritage of Brazil at the Ministry of Education. He is credited, among many similar discoveries, with reviving interest in Antônio Francisco Lisboa. He is the author of Monumentos Históricos y Arqueológicos de Brasil."
tagline: "Brazilian art historian (1898–1969)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Rodrigo_Mello_Franco_de_Andrade%2C_1955.tif?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Brazil"
  isoCode: "BR"
category:
  name: "Journalists"
  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1898"
deathDate: "1969"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.77
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.674010666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Rodrigo Melo Franco"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "رودريغو ميلو فرانكو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "رودريجو ميلو فرانكو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Мелу Франку ди Андради, Родригу"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodrigo_Melo_Franco"
    title: "Rodrigo Melo Franco"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodrigo_Melo_Franco"
    title: "Rodrigo Melo Franco"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7357372"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump