Freitas (José Vicente de)
Biography of José Vicente de Freitas (b. 1869), an infantry officer from Calheta who was briefly civil governor of Funchal in 1915, deputy for Madeira and author of drawing textbooks, later mayor of Lisbon and head of government.
He was born in Calheta (‘small cove’) on 22 January 1869 and belongs to an old family of that town (vila). He is a lieutenant-colonel of infantry and served in the Portuguese Expeditionary Corps that fought in France. (1921)
He was appointed civil governor of this district by decree of 9 February 1915, took office on the 22nd of the same month and served until 15 May of that year. On 28 April 1918 he was elected deputy for Madeira.
He published the following works:
- Atlas de desenho, geometria descritiva e noções de arte, Lisboa 1908
- Atlas de desenho, organizado em harmonia com os programmas de 1905, Lisboa, 1908, 2 volumes, the first for the 1st, 2nd and 3rd forms and the second for the 4th and 5th forms of the lyceums
- Compendio de Desenho para a instrução primaria, Lisboa, 1903, 2 volumes, the first for the 1st and 2nd forms and the second for the 3rd and 4th
- Roteiro e planta de Lisboa on a scale of 1/7,500, 1906 edition
- and Livro de Leitura para 4ª. classe das escolas primarias, in collaboration with F. Veyrier, Lisboa, 1910.
He was president of the Municipal Council (Câmara Municipal) of Lisbon and head of the government for some years.
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Abroad
- Calheta
Birthplace of Freitas and seat of his old family.
Calheta is a town, parish and municipality on Madeira's south-west coast and one of the island's oldest settlements. The Elucidário covers its name, early settlers such as Pedro Berenguer, its church and many chapels, including one of a former Franciscan convent, and the 1834 riot.
- France
Where he served with the Portuguese Expeditionary Corps.
France is a country where several Madeirans fought and died in the First World War, including Gabriel Rocha de Gouveia and João Paulo da Veiga Pestana. It was also a place of study, of exile and of refuge for Madeirans. It was the origin of the expedition behind the Saque dos Franceses and the intended destination of the fugitives in the Machim legend.
- Lisbon
Portugal. Where his works were published and whose municipal council he later headed.
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 · 02- José Vicente de Freitasb. 1869
Infantry lieutenant-colonel born in Calheta, civil governor of Funchal in 1915, deputy for Madeira in 1918 and later mayor of Lisbon and head of government.
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Collaborator on Freitas's 1910 primary-school reading book.