Ramiz Galvão

Benjamim Franklin de Ramiz Galvão (1846–1938) was a Brazilian doctor, scholar, administrator and public intellectual.

He trained as a doctor and later taught at the Rio de Janeiro School of Medicine.

Among his works on Portuguese philology was the controversial Vocabulário etimológico, ortográfico e prosódico das palavras portuguesas derivadas da língua grega, published in 1909.

He was director of the National Library for 12 years, and he was the first rector of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro.

He succeeded Carlos de Laet to the Brazilian Academy of Letters, serving as a member from 1928 to his death in 1938.