Article Nº 0706 Writer, journalist or scholar Vol. I · p. 386

Câmara (Alfredo Bettencourt da)

Writer, journalist or scholar

Funchal-born private primary-school teacher (1857–1921) who wrote a Portuguese grammar and verb-conjugation exercises.

He was born in Funchal on 21 April 1857 and for many years was a private primary-school teacher. Works: Gramatica Portuguesa, em harmonia com a reforma ortografica ultimamente publicada, Funchal, 1912, 240 pp.; and Exercícios sobre a conjugação dos verbos regulares e irregulares..., part 1, Funchal, 1915, 64 pp., part 2, Funchal, 1915, 64 pp. He died in Funchal on 26 January 1921.

People mentioned

Alfredo Bettencourt da Câmara 1857–1921

Places mentioned

Funchal

Chronology

21 April 1857 Alfredo Bettencourt da Câmara was born in Funchal.
1912 Alfredo Bettencourt da Câmara's Gramática Portuguesa was published in Funchal.
1915 Alfredo Bettencourt da Câmara's verb-conjugation exercises were published in two parts in Funchal.
26 January 1921 Alfredo Bettencourt da Câmara died in Funchal.