Claim: Mateus Soares de Azevedo born 1959 in Brazil went to University of Sao Paulo and his discipline was in History of Religion and has written many books.
Evidence: Mateus Soares de Azevedo (born 1959) is a Brazilian historian of religions, Islamologist, and esoterismologist, who has written several books on the Perennial Philosophy and the comparative study of religions, especially Christian and Islamic mysticisms. Soares de Azevedo was born in Belo Horizonte, the capital city of Minas Gerais state, to a family with roots in the historical city of Ouro Preto, where he lived his childhood. University of São Paulo
George Washington University History of Religion