Professors
Original title: Lentes
A list of Madeiran-born professors (lentes) who taught at foreign universities and at Portuguese higher schools, including Coimbra, Lisbon, Porto, the War and Naval Schools and the Funchal Medical School.
Madeiran professors abroad and in Portugal
The Madeirans Manuel Constantino, António da Gama, Belchior de Teive, João António Monteiro, João da Silveira Caldeira, Francisco Justino Gonçalves de Andrade and João Jacinto Gonçalves de Andrade were professors abroad, at universities or higher courses, and some of them were also professors at the University of Coimbra (Universidade de Coimbra).
We know that the following Madeirans held chairs at Portuguese higher schools:
- University of Coimbra: Luís Gonçalves da Câmara and António João de França Bettencourt, in the Faculty of Theology; Vitúrio Lopes Rocha, José Ferreira Pestana, Augusto de Arzila Fonseca and José Vicente Martins Gonçalves, in the Faculty of Mathematics; Jacinto António de Sousa, in the Faculty of Philosophy; and Nicolau Francisco Xavier da Silva and Justino António de Freitas, in the Faculty of Law.
- The University of Lisbon (Universidade de Lisboa): Francisco Luís Pereira de Sousa, José de Freitas Teixeira Espínola Castelo Branco, José Joaquim de Freitas Abreu Rego, José Júlio Rodrigues and Francisco Maria Henriques, at the former Polytechnic School (Escola Politécnica), now the Faculty of Sciences; Luís da Câmara Pestana, António Aurélio da Costa Ferreira and Marck Athias, at the former Medical-Surgical School (Escola Médico-Cirúrgica), now the Faculty of Medicine; Jaime Moniz, at the former Higher Course of Letters, now the Faculty of Letters; and Jaime Boaventura de Azevedo, at the former Higher Institute of Agronomy, now the Faculty of Agronomy.
University of Porto: Urbano Canuto Soares, in the Faculty of Letters. War School: Manuel da Costa Dias. Naval School: António Aluísio Jérvis de Atouguia and Alfredo Rodrigues Gaspar. Funchal Medical School: Luís Henriques, António da Luz Pita, Juvenal Honório de Ornelas, António Alves da Silva, the Count of Canavial, João Augusto Teixeira, Maurício Augusto Sequeira and Nuno Silvestre Teixeira.
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Place
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Abroad
- Funchal
Seat of the Medical School where Madeirans taught.
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.
- University of Coimbra
Portugal. University where several Madeirans held chairs.
The University of Coimbra, in mainland Portugal, was supported by Madeira through tithes and attended by many Madeirans. Several of them graduated there, mostly in law, and others, such as António da Gama and Vitúrio Lopes Rocha, also taught there. Júlio Augusto Henriques held its chair of botany.
People
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Madeiran who taught at a foreign university.
- Father Manuel Constantinod. 1614
Madeiran who was a professor at a foreign university.
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Madeiran who taught at a foreign university.
- Jaime Moniz1837–1917
Madeiran professor at the Curso Superior de Letras in Lisbon.
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Madeiran who taught at the Funchal Medical School.
- José Ferreira Pestana1795–1885
Madeiran professor in the Faculty of Mathematics at Coimbra.
- Luís Gonçalves da Câmara1518–1575
Madeiran professor in the Faculty of Theology at Coimbra.
- Luiz da Câmara Pestana1863–1899
Madeiran professor at the Lisbon Medical-Surgical School.