Person army officer writer journalist
João dos Reis Gomes
b. 1869
army officer · writer · journalist · teacher
Madeiran artillery major, teacher, newspaper director, novelist, playwright and theatre critic, regarded by the Elucidário as the most distinguished Madeiran writer and journalist of his time. He directed the Diário da Madeira, wrote A Filha de Tristão das Damas and the play Guiomar Teixeira, and led the quincentenary celebrations of the discovery of Madeira.
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- St John the Baptist (chapels) — Madeiran writer who published in the Serões an article on the chapel and its festivities.
- Literature — Madeiran poet called 'the Troubadour', represented in the Cancioneiro de Resende.
- Santana (parish) — Parish priest of Santana.
- Columbus (Christopher) — Madeiran writer whose notes to A Filha de Tristão das Damas are quoted on the house.
- Music — Artillery major and music theorist, author of A Musica e o Teatro.
- Entailed foundations — Founder of entails beside the stream named after him.
- Napoleon — Madeiran writer and academic, author of the historical tale 'O Anel do Imperador'.
- Quincentenary of the discovery of Madeira — Director of the Diário da Madeira and author of the play Guiomar Teixeira; he conceived and led the centenary celebrations.
- Theatre — Madeiran dramatist and author of O Teatro e o Actor and A Música e o Teatro.
- Peregrinações Madeirenses — Writer who recounted the 1926 pilgrimage in 'Através da França, Suíça e Itália'.
- António Augusto de Aguiar Industrial School — Interim teacher and later director of the school, 1929–1939.
