Bonifacio Joze D Andrada E Sylva, a Brazilian statesman and naturalist, born in Santos, June 13, 1765, died near Rio de Janeiro, April 6, 1838. Under the patronage of the Lisbon royal academy he was enabled to travel in Europe, studying in Paris under Lavoisier, at the mining school of Freiberg under Werner, and at Pavia under Volta. In 1800 he became professor of metallurgy and geognosy at Coimbra, and soon afterward general intendant of the Portuguese mines. He took an active part in the construction of canals and public works, and in 1812 he was named perpetual secretary of the Lisbon academy of sciences. He returned to Brazil in 1819, and became one of the champions of national independence. As vice president of the provincial junta (Dec. 24, 1821) he urged Dom Pedro I. to remain in Brazil, became his minister of the interior (Jan. 16, 1822), was removed from his office Oct. 25, but reinstated Oct. 30, at the request of the people, and was finally displaced July 17, 1823, on account of his liberalism. In the constituent assembly his opposition became so bitter that after its dissolution (Nov. 12, 1823) he was arrested and banished to France, and lived in Bordeaux till 1829, when he was permitted to return to Brazil. Dom Pedro I. abdicating April 7, 1831, in favor of Dom Pedro II., selected Andrada as the batter's guardian and tutor.

In 1833 he was tried on a charge of intriguing for the restoration of Dom Pedro I. Although acquitted, he was deprived of his position and restrained of his liberty. He wrote on mineralogy, and is the author of Poesias d' America Elysea (Bordeaux, 1825). - His brothers, Antonio Carlo and Martim Francisco d' Andrada, were associated with Brazilian politics and shared his fate. The latter (born in Santos in 1776, died there Feb. 23, 1844) left two sons: Joze Bonifacio, author of Rosas e gohos (Sao Paulo, 1849); and Martim Francisco, author of Lagrimas e sorrisos (Rio, 1847), and of the drama Januario Garcia (1849).