Henriques (Jordão Maurício)
Original title: Henriques (Jordão Mauricio)
Biography of Jordão Maurício Henriques (born Funchal 1880), teacher, journalist and author who became a diplomat and Portuguese consul-general in Rio de Janeiro.
The son of António Maria Henriques, he was born in Funchal on 15 October 1880 and attended the Lyceum (Liceu) and the Curso Superior de Letras. He was clerk (escrivão) and interpreter of the Health Station and a teacher at the Higher Primary School (Escola Primária Superior), and he was also an acting teacher at the Lyceum. He was an editor of the former Diário Popular (‘The People’s Daily’) and contributed extensively and valuably to other Madeiran newspapers, his writings being distinguished by their refined literary style.
In 1922 he published a book entitled Da Pátria e da Escola. Having taken up a diplomatic career, he served for some years at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and he is at present consul-general of Portugal in the city of Rio de Janeiro.
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- Funchal
Birthplace of Jordão Maurício Henriques.
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.
- Rio de Janeiro
Brazil. City where he served as Portuguese consul-general.
Rio de Janeiro, in Brazil, appears in the Elucidário as the seat of the Portuguese court and as a city where many Madeirans lived, studied, taught, published and died. Among them were Paulo Perestrelo da Câmara, João de Oliveira Sá Camelo Lampreia and João da Silveira Caldeira, who headed the Mint there.
People
People mentioned · 02- Jordão Maurício Henriquesb. 1880
Funchal-born teacher, journalist and author of 'Da Pátria e da Escola' (1922), later Portuguese consul-general in Rio de Janeiro.
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Father of Jordão Maurício Henriques.