Freitas (Jordão Apolinário de)
Original title: Freitas (Jordão Apolinario de)
Biography of Jordão Apolinário de Freitas (born Funchal, 1866), trained in theology and medicine, director of the Ajuda public library in Lisbon and a prolific historical researcher. The entry lists his many publications, including a study on when Madeira was discovered.
Life and works
He was born in this city on 23 July 1866, the son of Luís M. de Freitas and Dona Ana Fortunata de Sousa e Freitas. After completing the theology course at the seminary (Seminário) of this diocese, he took the course of the Funchal Medical-Surgical School (Escola Médico-cirúrgica do Funchal). He settled in Lisbon many years ago, and there he at present (1921) holds the post of director of the Ajuda public library, having previously been librarian of the Geographical Society (Sociedade de Geografia). He has devoted himself especially to historical research, and his literary output in books and pamphlets is already considerable, besides his contributions to various reviews and newspapers.
His publications include:
- Subsídios para a bibliografia portugueza relativa ao estudo da língua japoneza e para a biografia de Fernão Mendes Pinto 1905
- Fernão Mendes Pinto e a sua ultima viagem á China, 1905
- A Inquisição em Goa, 1907
- O 2.° visconde de Santarém e os seus atlas geographicos, 1909
- Capela Real a Egreja Patriarchal na Ajuda, 1909
- O Marquez de Pombal, 1910
- Francisco Moraes o ‘Palmeirim’, 1910
- Quando foi descoberta a Madeira, 1911
- Camões em Macau, 1911
- Onde nasceu o 2.° visconde de Santarém?, 1913
- O Naufragio de Camões e os Lusiadas, 1915
- A imprensa de tipos moveis em Macau e no Japão nos fins do seculo XVI, 1916
- Cervantes e Argensola, 1916
- O Marquez de Pombal e o Santo Oficio da Inquisição, 1916
- Dom Bento de Camões e o Príncipe dos poetas Lusitanos, 1917
besides other works. He compiled and annotated the works of the Viscount of Santarém, Opúsculos e Esparsos, 2 volumes, and Inéditos, 1 volume, and wrote their prologue.
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Time
Years mentioned · 02Place
Places mentioned · 03
Abroad
- Ajuda
Portugal. Lisbon district whose public library Freitas directed.
Lisbon district whose public library Freitas directed.
- Funchal
Birthplace of Freitas and seat of the seminary and medical school where he studied.
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 Freitas settled and worked as a librarian.
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.
People
People mentioned · 04- Jordão Apolinário de Freitasb. 1866
Funchal-born historian and director of the Ajuda public library in Lisbon (1921), who is the subject of this entry.
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Portuguese scholar whose atlases and writings Freitas studied, compiled and annotated.
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Mother of the historian Jordão Apolinário de Freitas.
- Luiz António Gonçalves de Freitas1858–1904
Father of the historian Jordão Apolinário de Freitas.