Clóvis Beviláqua (4 October 1859 – 26 July 1944) was a Brazilian jurist, historian and journalist born in

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, Ceará, in 1859. Beviláqua was professor of civil and comparative law in

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. As the author of the

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of 1916, whose first draft he presented in 1899, and as that code's first commentator, Beviláqua was the founding father of Brazilian civil law scholarship. He founded and occupied the 14th chair of the

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, from 1897 until his death in 1944. The chair's patron is Franklin Távora.

References

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Alessandro Hirata, Clóvis Beviláqua: o grande civilista da segunda metade do século XIX, in Carta Forense, 4.7.2011
Brazilian journalists 19th-century Brazilian historians Brazilian jurists Members of the Brazilian Academy of Letters 1859 births 1944 deaths 20th-century Brazilian historians {{Brazil-historian-stub