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<\/p>\nRuy Barbosa is one of Brazil’s great figures and all-around renaissance men: he was a writer, philosopher, lawyer, politican, diplomat, and translator. <\/p>\n
Born in Salvador in 1849, he grew up in Bahia, where his teachers recognized him as a great mind and talent. He went to S\u00e3o Paulo to study law, and began his law career back in Bahia. Soon after, however, he began dabbling in journalism, writing for a local newspaper, and just a year later was promoted to run the company. He was married in 1876, and then began his political career after he was elected to state Congress.<\/p>\n
Ruy was an abolicionist and a republican nationalist, and was in favor of independence from the monarchy. As a result, he was sent into exile in Chile and Argentina in 1893. He later traveled to London, and returned to Brazil a few years later. He founded the Brazilian Academy of Letters, and ran for president twice, unsuccessfully. He also worked for various government ministries. He died in 1923 of a pulmonary illness. Rui’s legacy is due to his great intellect, ideals, multilingualism, and political manifestos.<\/p>\n
Ruy had homes in Salvador, Rio de Janeiro and Petrop\u00f3lis, and his home in Rio is preserved and the home of the Ruy Barbosa museum<\/a>, which contains around 50,000 books in Ruy’s vast collection. For more information about this great Brazilian figure, see here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Ruy Barbosa is one of Brazil’s great figures and all-around renaissance men: he was a writer, philosopher, lawyer, politican, diplomat, and translator. Born in Salvador in 1849, he grew up in Bahia, where his teachers recognized him as a great mind and talent. He went to S\u00e3o Paulo to study law, and began his law…<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2008\/10\/ruibarbosa.gif\")