Caio Prado Júnior, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Caio Prado Júnior

Brazilian historian

Date of Birth: 11-Feb-1907

Place of Birth: São Paulo, Brazil

Date of Death: 23-Nov-1990

Profession: writer, politician, historian, geographer, university teacher, philosopher

Nationality: Brazil

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Caio da Silva Prado Júnior (February 11, 1907 – November 23, 1990) was a Brazilian historian, geographer, writer, philosopher and politician. His works inaugurated a new historiographic tradition in Brazil, identified with Marxism, which led to new interpretations of the Brazilian colonial society.