Teodoro Sampaio
Brazilian engineer, geographer and historian born to an enslaved mother
At a glance
- Inventor
- Teodoro Sampaio
- Life
- 1855–1937
- Birthplace
- Santo Amaro, Bahia
- Country
- Brazil
- Region
- South America
- Era
- 1800s
- Fields
- Architecture & Infrastructure, Science & Engineering
- Evidence
- Documented
- Records
- 0 in this archive
What they did
Sampaio trained at the Escola Politécnica in Rio de Janeiro and worked on the hydrographic survey of the São Francisco river, on São Paulo's sanitation and water supply, and on rail and road surveys across the state.
Historical context
He was born into a Bahian family in which his mother was enslaved; he qualified as an engineer in an empire that had not yet abolished slavery.
The legacy
He was also a scholar of Tupi place-names and Bahian history, and his engineering reports remain sources for the environmental history of São Paulo.
The evidence
Teodoro Sampaio engineering reports and survey papers
Institutional recordEscola Politécnica graduation records
Institutional record
Documentation strength
- 2
- Sources
- 0
- Primary
- 2
- Publishers
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