Leiria (Júlio Augusto)
Mainland military engineer who directed public works in Funchal district, taught mathematics at the lyceum and published an 1871 map of Madeira.
A military engineer from mainland Portugal who held the posts of director of public works of the district of Funchal and teacher of the first three years of mathematics at our lyceum (state secondary school). In 1871 he published a map of the island of Madeira, to which we have already referred in this Elucidário, and in 1874 he wrote a pamphlet with the following title: Duas palavras de Júlio Augusto Leiria em resposta ao folheto intitulado «O Hospital de Santa Isabel da cidade do Funchal». There is a road in Machico named after the engineer Leiria, since it was owing to this official’s diligent efforts that its construction was begun. He died in Coimbra in January 1878, at about 50 years of age.
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Time
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Hann published his article on the climate of the Azores and Madeira, and Júlio Augusto Leiria published a map of Madeira.
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Acúrsio Garcia Ramos published a pamphlet on the hygiene of the Santa Isabel hospital in Funchal, which drew replies from Júlio Augusto Leiria and Francisco Clementino de Sousa.
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Júlio Augusto Leiria died in Coimbra.
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Abroad
- Coimbra
Portugal. Where he died.
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.
- Machico
Has a road named after Leiria, who began its construction.
The parish of Machico was the landing place of the discoverers Zargo and Tristão Vaz and the seat of the captaincy of Machico; the parish was founded c. 1450. The Elucidário covers its clergy and stipends, chapels, historical events, mineral springs, localities, population and notable natives.
- St Elizabeth’s Hospital
Funchal. Subject of a pamphlet he answered in 1874.
The Misericórdia's hospital in Funchal, begun after 1686, which gave its name to the Rua do Hospital Velho. It was used for 240 years and sold to the Junta Geral in 1933. It was criticised in an 1874 pamphlet, and its regulations were printed in 1819 and 1840.
People
People mentioned · 01- Júlio Augusto Leiria1828–1878
Military engineer, director of public works in Funchal district and author of an 1871 map of Madeira; died in Coimbra.