José Maria da Silva Paranhos Júnior, the Baron of Rio Branco (Rio de Janeiro, April 20, 1845 - Rio de Janeiro, February 10, 1912), is the patron of Brazil's diplomacy. Son of José Maria da Silva Paranhos – the Viscount of Rio Branco –, Paranhos made his career as a diplomat, geographer, historian, politician, and professor.
He is the patron of the 40th chair of the Brazilian Academy of Letters.
Paranhos Júnior was granted his nobility title (Baro...
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José Maria da Silva Paranhos Júnior, the Baron of Rio Branco (Rio de Janeiro, April 20, 1845 - Rio de Janeiro, February 10, 1912), is the patron of Brazil's diplomacy. Son of José Maria da Silva Paranhos – the Viscount of Rio Branco –, Paranhos made his career as a diplomat, geographer, historian, politician, and professor.
He is the patron of the 40th chair of the Brazilian Academy of Letters.
Paranhos Júnior was granted his nobility title (Baron) by Emperor Dom Pedro II a few days before the Proclamation of the Republic, in 1889, when monarchic rule came to an end in Brazil. He nonetheless continued to use the title throughout his life, despite governmental prohibition, because of his monarchist beliefs and in respect for his father. Being a monarchist, however, was no impediment for his success as a diplomat: the Baron of Rio Branco reached the heights of his career during the Republic, when he acted as Minister of Foreign Affairs for 10 years and settled all of Brazil's remaining...
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