Abreu (Francisco Jorge de)
Funchal-born journalist who directed major Lisbon and Porto newspapers and wrote histories of the Portuguese republican revolutions.
He was born in Funchal on 23 April 1878 and attended the lyceum (state secondary school) and the first three years of the Medical and Surgical School of this city. He contributed to the old Funchal newspaper Diário Popular (‘The People’s Daily’), and was editor of O Século of Lisbon and of O Primeiro de Janeiro of Porto, having earlier been one of the writers on A Capital. Besides many articles scattered through these newspapers, he translated several novels, published as serials, and various plays.
He published in separate volumes A Revolução Portuguesa, a 31 de Janeiro (Porto 1891), Lisbon, 1912, 178 pp.; A Revolução Portuguesa, o 5 de Outubro (Lisboa 1910), Lisbon, 1912, 208 pp.; and A Boémia Jornalística. He died in Porto on 7 June 1932.
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- Funchal
His birthplace and place of study.
The capital of the archipelago and seat of the principal captaincy, where settlement began; it was made a vila c.1451–52. Its bay, the widest in the archipelago, lies between Ponta do Garajau and Ponta da Cruz and offers sheltered anchorage, though its harbour had never been studied oceanographically. The Elucidário discusses it as a health resort with climate data and records the January 1906 disturbances, the Danish prince's visit in May 1846 and recent volcanic cones in the area.
- Lisbon
Portugal. City where he directed O Século and published his books.
The Portuguese capital, seat of the Relação court and of the Misericórdia whose privileges and statutes were extended to Funchal. Henrique Franco de Sousa studied at its Royal Academy of Fine Arts, and Luiz José Baiardo moved there in 1821.
- Porto
Portugal. City where he directed a newspaper and died.
A Portuguese city, where the 1820 liberal revolution began and whose district is the only one denser than Funchal's. Several Madeirans studied at its medical school or Academia Politécnica, and some lived or died there. The editor of O Funchalense Liberal was hanged there, and Marítimo beat FC Porto there in 1922.
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People mentioned · 01- Francisco Jorge de Abreu1878–1932
Madeiran journalist, director of O Século and O Primeiro de Janeiro, and author of books on the 1891 and 1910 revolutions.