[João Manuel Pereira]. Brazilian historian, born at Rio de Janeiro on the 30th of August 1817; graduated in law at Paris; settled in Brazil, becoming engaged in politics, but more famous as an author. He published Plutarco Brasileiro (1847); Varões Illustrees do Brasil (1858); Historia da Fundação do Imperio Brasileiro (1864–68); Segundo Periodo do Reinado de D. Pedro I (1871); Historia do Brasil de 1831 a 1840 (1878); etc.
