Antenor Nascentes, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Antenor Nascentes

Brazilian linguist

Date of Birth: 17-Jun-1886

Place of Birth: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Date of Death: 06-Sep-1972

Profession: writer, university teacher, romanist, linguist, lexicographer

Nationality: Brazil

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Antenor de Veras Nascentes (1886–1972) was a Brazilian philologist, etymologist, and lexicographer.
He wrote the first etymological dictionary of Brazil.
He also had an interest in dialect and experimental phonetics.
He did analysis of popular speech in Rio de Janeiro in 1922.
In 1962 he won the Prêmio Machado de Assis.