Person journalist poet newspaper editor

Luís de Ornelas Pinto Coelho

1843–1920

journalist · poet · newspaper editor · chief of the civil police

Main article Pinto Coelho (Luís de Ornelas) Biography of Luís de Ornelas Pinto Coelho (1843–1920), a self-taught Funchal journalist and poet, long-time editor of the Diário de Notícias and regarded as Madeira's leading poet of his day. He also headed the Funchal civil police for many years.

Self-taught Funchal journalist and poet (1843–1920), long-time editor of the Diário de Notícias and regarded as Madeira's leading poet of his day, author of Harpa Madeirense and Folhas Dispersas. He also headed the Funchal civil police for many years.