André Pinto Rebouças | |
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 André Rebouças, c.1862 | |
| Born | 13 January 1838 |
| Died | 9 April 1898(1898-04-09) (aged 60) |
| Engineering career | |
| Discipline | Civil |
André Pinto Rebouças (13 January 1838 – 9 April 1898) was a Brazilianmilitary engineer, abolitionist andinventor, son ofAntônio Pereira Rebouças (1798–1880) and Carolina Pinto Rebouças. Lawyer, member of Parliament (representing the Brazilian state ofBahia) and an adviser toPedro II of Brazil, his father was the son of amanumitted slave and a Portuguese tailor. His brothersAntônio Pereira Rebouças Filho and José Rebouças were also engineers.
Despite racial prejudice, his father, amulatto, was an important and prestigious man at the time. Self-taught to read and write, he had been granted the right to practice law throughout the country, represented Bahia in the Chamber of Deputies on a range of legislatures, was secretary of the Provincial Governorship of Sergipe, advisor to the emperor, and had received the title of Knight of the Imperial Order of the Southern Cross in 1823.
Rebouças became famous inRio de Janeiro, at the time capital of theEmpire of Brazil, solving the trouble ofwater supply, bringing it from fountain-heads outside the town.
Serving as a military engineer during theParaguayan War inParaguay, Rebouças successfully developed atorpedo.[1][2]
AlongsideMachado de Assis andOlavo Bilac, Rebouças was a very importantmiddle class representative with African descent, he also was one of the most important voices for the abolition of slavery in Brazil.
In the 1880s, Rebouças began to participate actively in the abolitionist cause, he helped to create the Brazilian Anti-Slavery Society, alongside Joaquim Nabuco, José do Patrocínio and others.
He encouraged the career ofAntônio Carlos Gomes, author of the opera O Guarani.
After the Republican coup d'État, Rebouças went into exile withPedro II to Europe. For two years he stayed exiled inLisbon, as a correspondent forThe Times of London. In 1892, facing financial problems, Rebouças went toLuanda and after that,Funchal, inMadeira.
According to Gaspar, in 1898 Rebouças' body was found at the shoreline at the base of a 60-meter-high cliff near the hotel where he lived.[clarification needed] He supposedly committed suicide.[citation needed]
In 2015, the Brazilian companyEstaleiro Atlantico Sul built a crude oil tanker which shares the name André Rebouças. The ship currently sails under the Brazilian flag.[3]
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