Lomelino (Pedro José)
Original title: Lomelino (Pedro Jose)
Biography of Pedro José Lomelino (1864–1930), a Porto Santo-born physician and educator who was first director of Funchal's district teacher-training school and later director of the Escola Primária Superior. He also served as substitute civil governor of the district of Funchal.
He was born on the island of Porto Santo (‘holy harbour’) on 19 November 1864, the son of Justiniano Lomelino de Serpa and Dona Fortunata Augusta de Castro. He attended the Funchal lyceum (state secondary school) and completed the course at the Medical School of this city in 1887. He was the first director of the district school for the training of primary teachers, created in Funchal in 1900 (see Teacher Training School), and in that capacity he published in 1902 the pamphlet Relatório da Escola Distrital do Funchal. He is at present (1921) director of the Higher Primary School (see that entry) and municipal medical officer. He has held various public-service appointments, among them that of substitute Civil Governor of this district, to which he was appointed by decree of 22 October 1904, taking office on the 24th of the same month and year. He died on 9 November 1930 while travelling from Lisbon to Madeira.
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Pedro José Lomelino was born on Porto Santo.
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Pedro José Lomelino completed the course of the Funchal Medical School.
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A decree established the district school for training primary teachers (Escola Normal) in Funchal, with Pedro José Lomelino as its first director.
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Pedro José Lomelino published the Relatório da Escola Distrital do Funchal.
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Pedro José Lomelino was appointed substitute civil governor of the district, taking office on 24 October.
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Pedro José Lomelino died while travelling from Lisbon to Madeira.
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Abroad
- Funchal
City where he studied, taught and held public office.
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.
- Lisbon
Portugal. He died on the voyage from Lisbon to Madeira.
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.
- Porto Santo
Birthplace of Pedro José Lomelino.
An island of the archipelago, settled alongside Madeira and forming one of the three captaincies. It has always constituted a single parish, dedicated to Nossa Senhora da Piedade, whose church was repeatedly sacked. The Elucidário records the Moorish pirate raid of 1617, its own Misericórdia and a rainwater channel built on this drought-prone island.
People
People mentioned · 03- Pedro José Lomelino1864–1930
Porto Santo-born physician and school director, first head of Funchal's district teacher-training school and substitute civil governor in 1904.
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Mother of Pedro José Lomelino.
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Father of Pedro José Lomelino.