Tristão de Alencar, later Araripe, (October 7, 1821,

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– July 3, 1908,

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) was a Brazilian judge and government minister. He was the grandson of Bárbara de Alencar, an important revolutionary leader during the

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of 1817. He served as

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in 1891. One of his sons was the writer

Araripe Júnior Tristão de Alencar Araripe Júnior (27 June 1848 – 29 October 1911) was a Brazilian lawyer, literary critic, and writer. Biography Tristão de Alencar Araripe Júnior was born in Fortaleza, Ceará, the son of Tristão de Alencar Araripe an ...

(1848-1911).

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