Luís da Câmara Cascudo, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Luís da Câmara Cascudo

Brazilian academic

Date of Birth: 30-Dec-1898

Place of Birth: Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil

Date of Death: 30-Jul-1986

Profession: writer, lawyer, historian, journalist, anthropologist, linguist, lexicographer

Nationality: Brazil

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Luís da Câmara Cascudo (December 30, 1898 – July 30, 1986) was a Brazilian anthropologist, folklorist, journalist, historian, lawyer, and lexicographer. He was born in Natal, Northeast Brazil.
He lived his entire life in Natal and dedicated himself to the study of Brazilian culture and he was a professor at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte.
He was also interested in music and was a co-founder of the Natal Instituto de Música in 1933.
The institute of anthropology there now bears his name. He was once nearly fired for studying folkloric figures such as the werewolf.