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Joaquim José Ferreira de Freitas
d. 1831
journalist · writer
Madeiran-born adventurer, journalist and pamphleteer known as 'Padre Amaro' after the London periodical he published in support of Portuguese liberalism. He died in London in 1831.
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- Misericórdias — Member of the medical commission favouring Santa Clara.
- Amaro (Padre) — Madeiran chief editor of the London periodical Padre Amaro, himself nicknamed Padre Amaro.
- Chief authorities of the archipelago — Physician-surgeon on whose initiative the Auxílio Maternal charity was founded in Funchal in 1902.
- Andrade (Dr Francisco Justino Gonçalves de) — Distinguished Madeiran cited alongside Patrício Moniz for the same reason.
- Bombardment of Funchal — Hospital doctor who treated the wounded of 1917.
- Street names — Funchal councillor who in 1890 proposed naming new streets after illustrious Madeirans.
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3Places mentioned
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