Jardim (Dr Alberto Figueira)
Original title: Jardim (Dr. Alberto Figueira)
Alberto Figueira Jardim (b. 1882), Funchal lawyer, lyceum teacher, public official and author of verse and a booklet on Madeira in English.
He was born in this city on 10 April 1882, the son of the lawyer Dr Nuno Ferreira Jardim and Dona Isabel Figueira Jardim. He is a bachelor (bacharel, university graduate) in law of the University of Coimbra (Universidade de Coimbra) and a permanent teacher at the Funchal Lyceum (state secondary school). The public offices he has held include those of member of the District General Council (Junta Geral do Distrito), president of the executive committee of the same Council, member of the Municipal Council (Câmara Municipal) and substitute judge of this judicial district (comarca). Besides various contributions to some newspapers, he wrote in English the pamphlet Madeira, the Pearl of the Atlantic, Lisbon, 1914, and in Portuguese the book of poems Amostras, Funchal, 1915, and the verse tragedy Galateia, Funchal, 1920.
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Alberto Figueira Jardim was born in Funchal.
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Alberto Figueira Jardim's book on Madeira was published in Lisbon with an introduction by Jacinto Inácio de Brito Rebelo; Jaime Sanches Câmara published O Rufo in Lisbon.
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Alberto Figueira Jardim published the poetry book 'Amostras'.
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Jaime Sanches Câmara published the verse tragedy 'Galateia'; Alberto Figueira Jardim published 'Fructos'.
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Abroad
- Coimbra
Portugal. University where he graduated in law.
Portuguese mainland university city where many Madeirans studied law or medicine, and where Padre Luís Gonçalves da Câmara taught and was rector of the Jesuit college. It hosted the 1921 academic table-tennis championship, and its dormancy and rainfall data are compared with Funchal's.
- Funchal
Birthplace of Alberto Figueira Jardim.
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.
People
People mentioned · 03- Alberto Figueira Jardimb. 1882
Funchal-born law graduate and lyceum teacher who served on the District Junta and City Council and wrote poetry and a verse tragedy.
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Mother of Alberto Figueira Jardim.
- Nuno Ferreira Jardimb. 1851
Lawyer, father of Alberto Figueira Jardim.