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Darcy Ribeiro

Brazilian politician and academic (1922-1997) · Brazil · Academics · Died at 74

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Darcy Ribeiro was a Brazilian anthropologist, historian, sociologist, author and politician. His ideas have influenced several scholars of Brazilian and Latin American studies.

A life in dates

2005Order of Cultural Merit (Brazil)Award1997Died17 February 19971996Anísio Teixeira AwardAward1979Honorary Doctorate from the University of Paris-VIIAward1922Born26 October 1922

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Map showing Darcy Ribeiro's classification of Latin American countries into "New Peoples" (Red), "Witness Peoples" (Yellow) and "Transplanted Peoples" (Blue)Map showing Darcy Ribeiro's classification of Latin American countries into "New Peoples" (Red), "Witness Peoples" (Yellow) and "Transplanted Peoples" (Blue)

Awards

Order of Cultural Merit (Brazil)2005
Anísio Teixeira Award1996
Honorary Doctorate from the University of Paris-VII1979
Honorary Doctor of the University of Brasília
Livro dos Heróis e Heroínas da Pátria

In their orbit

Spouse: Berta Ribeiro

About this person

Darcy Ribeiro was a Brazilian anthropologist, historian, sociologist, author and politician. His ideas have influenced several scholars of Brazilian and Latin American studies. As Minister of Education of Brazil he carried out profound reforms which led him to be invited to participate in university reforms in Chile, Peru, Venezuela, Mexico and Uruguay after leaving Brazil due to the 1964 coup d'état.

Country
Brazil
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1922 to 1997 · aged 74

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