Person librarian teacher book collector
João Joaquim de Freitas
1832–1910
librarian · teacher · book collector
Machico-born scholar who was for over thirty years librarian of the Funchal municipal library and a teacher at the Funchal lyceum, and who helped Álvaro Rodrigues de Azevedo edit Frutuoso's 'Saudades da Terra'. His private library was bought by the Reids and donated to the municipal library.
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- Pinto Coelho (Luís de Ornelas) — Person after whom a Funchal street formerly named after Luís de Ornelas Pinto Coelho was renamed.
- Reid — Deceased Madeiran whose library supplied the books the Reid brothers gave to the Funchal Municipal Library.
- Pimenta de Aguiar (street) — Person after whom Rua das Cruzes is alternatively named.
- Libraries — Late municipal librarian whose private library was bought by the Reids and donated.
