Edgar Roquette-Pinto
Edgar Roquette Pinto | |
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Born | |
Died | October 18, 1954 | (aged 70)
Occupation(s) | Ethnologist, anthropologist, physician, writer |
Edgar Roquette-Pinto (September 25, 1884 – October 18, 1954) was a Brazilian writer, ethnologist, anthropologist and physician. He was a member of the Academia Brasileira de Letras and is regarded as the father of radio broadcasting in Brazil.[1][2]
Life
Roquette-Pinto was born in Rio de Janeiro in 1884. He graduated in medicine at the Faculdade de Medicina do Rio de Janeiro in 1905. Roquette-Pinto became assistant of Anthropology at the National Museum in Rio de Janeiro (1906).
In 1912 Roquette-Pinto went on an expedition to
In 1926 he became director of the National Museum and began building the largest collection of scientific documentaries in Brazil.
First radio broadcast in Brazil
On September 7, 1922, for the
In 1936, Roquette-Pinto donated the station to the Brazilian government; Radio Sociedade became Rádio MES, then Rádio MEC.[2]
See also
References
- ISBN 9788571106840.
- ^ ISBN 0822385635.
- ^ Roquette-Pinto, Edgar. "Rondonia". Biblioteca Digital Curt Nimuendajú. Retrieved 4 January 2016.
External links
- Profile on Academia Brasileira de Letras website (in Portuguese)