André Rebouças

André Pinto Rebouças
André Rebouças, c.1862
Born13 January 1838
Cachoeira, Bahia, Empire of Brazil
Died9 April 1898(1898-04-09) (aged 60)
Funchal, Madeira, Kingdom of Portugal
Engineering career
DisciplineCivil

André Pinto Rebouças (13 January 1838 – 9 April 1898) was a Brazilian military engineer, abolitionist and inventor, son of Antônio Pereira Rebouças (1798–1880) and Carolina Pinto Rebouças. Lawyer, member of Parliament (representing the Brazilian state of Bahia) and an adviser to Pedro II of Brazil, his father was the son of a manumitted slave and a Portuguese tailor. His brothers Antônio Pereira Rebouças Filho and José Rebouças were also engineers.

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