About André Rebouças: accomplished engineer, abolitionist
| Authors | Keinitz, Karl |
|---|---|
| Date | 2022 |
| Proceedings | Proceedings of the 2022 Christian Engineering Conference |
| Place | University of Northwestern u2013 St. Paul, Minnesota |
| Vol / Pages | pp. 1-11 |
| URL | https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Zk6JxgxfFbPtrNm5pL_82KqepHiWG0Re/view |
Type: Conference Paper
Tags: Christian Engineering
Abstract
This article is about the life, professional trajectory, and thought of André Pinto Rebouças (1838-1898), a Brazilian engineer, Christian, abolitionist, and professor of the Polytechnic School of Rio de Janeiro. Rebouças was a well -known representative of the Brazilian middle class of African descent. Marks of his Christian worldview and engineering perspective are found in many of his writings, foremost in his journal, which he kept for decades. He started his career as a military engineer, was decorated for his merits during the Paraguayan War, solved the water supply problem of Rio de Janeiro, became a professor at the Polytechnic School, was a main player in the Brazilian abolition movement, and left a legacy that made him a patron of the Brazilian National Academy of Engineering and the Academy of Letters of the State of Bahia.