Person army officer writer

Daniel Ferreira Pestana

1824–1906

army officer · writer

Main article Ferreira Pestana (Daniel) Entry on Daniel Ferreira Pestana (1824–1906), a Funchal-born army officer who rose to general and served long in Portuguese India; the text runs on (apparently merging a separate entry) into a long biography of his uncle, José Ferreira Pestana (1795–1885), mathematician, liberal exile, minister and twice governor-general of India.

Funchal-born army officer (1824–1906) who was taken to India by his uncle José Ferreira Pestana and served there long, dying a general in Nova Goa. He wrote a Portuguese grammar published there in 1848.

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1824
Daniel Ferreira Pestana was born in Funchal.
1845
Daniel Ferreira Pestana accompanied his uncle to India as aide-de-camp.
1848
Daniel Ferreira Pestana's grammar was published in Nova Goa.
1906
Daniel Ferreira Pestana died in Nova Goa.

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1Funchal
2Ribeira Brava
3Coimbra
4Rio de Janeiro
5Goa
6Luanda
7Fort of São Julião da Barra
8Praça Nova
9Nova Goa

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