Person journalist novelist pamphleteer
João Augusto de Ornelas
1833–1886
journalist · novelist · pamphleteer
Madeiran journalist and novelist, a native of Estreito de Câmara de Lobos, who, despite paralysis, edited the Funchal newspaper O Direito for over twenty years, having founded its second series in 1859. He published several well-received novels, among them A Mão de Sangue. He also wrote pamphlets, including some promoting the São João sugar factory, and popularised the name 'Sintra Madeirense' for Monte.
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- Customs houses — Author of the pamphlet 'A Madeira e as Canárias' (Funchal, 1884), which is listed among the customs-related works.
- Silveira (José Marciano da) — Journalist and Silveira's son-in-law, satirised in the pamphlet Filho do Ferreiro.
- Direito (O) — Madeiran writer who founded and was chief editor of the second O Direito, begun in 1859.
- Bibliography — Promoter of the São João sugar factory and writer of pamphlets on it.
- House of Dona Mécia — Madeiran writer whose novel A Mão de Sangue was popularly linked with this house.
- Nossa Senhora do Monte (parish) — Journalist who popularised the name 'Sintra Madeirense' for Monte.
- Vieira de Castro (Dr José Cardoso) — Madeiran journalist who wrote the pamphlet A Coroa de Ouro about Vieira de Castro.
- Estreito de Câmara de Lobos (parish) — Native of the parish with his own entry in the Elucidário.
- Canavial (Count of) — Named in an 1871 pamphlet by Canavial on the new sugar factory.
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