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Island of Mozambique, 17 April 1847 -  Cabaceira?, 1 January 1911. Campos de Oliveira was a Mozambican-Goan poet and journalist, being the child of Goans established in Mozambique. He has studied in Goa, where he published his first writings. He later …

Assolna (Goa), ? - Lisbon, 25 September 1902. Aleixo Justiniano Sócrates da Costa after finishing his studies at the Goa Medical-Surgical School, served in the Portuguese overseas military medical system, mostly in Cape Verde,  but also in Guinea (1874) …

Lisbon, 17 November 1867- Lisbon, 30 November 1939. Francisco Pereira Batalha had a career as a public servant at the Post and Telegraphs, first in Lisbon and thereafter in Luanda and in Goa, and was also a provisionary lawyer qualified in Luanda. He was …

Coimbra, 19 December 1902 - 5 October 1978. He had a degree in Sciences by the Universidade de Coimbra, was a notable seismologist. He was a teacher in secondary schools and assistent professor at the Universidade de Coimbra, having also been a member of …

Anadia, 8 January 1850 - Anadia, 9 April 1912. Layer, judge, businessman in Portugal and São Tomé. Was also a politician linked to the Partido Progressista (Progressive Party) during the monarchy, having been a MP for more than two decades. Participated …

Lisbon, 28 March 1899. According to the first issue of the Boletim do Centro Colonial de Lisboa , the Centro Colonial (Colonial Centre), a class association, was launched on the 28 of March of 1899 by a group of farmers, landowners, businessman and …

Lagos, 17 November 1787- Lisbon, 8 November 1856. Lima Leitão was a military surgeon and doctor, educator, publicist, translator and poet. Politically he professed liberal principles and was a free mason. Following the 1807 Napolean invasion of Portugal, …

Luanda, ? - Goa, 15 July 1822. Luís Prates was an Angolan military, journalist and translator with family roots in Pernambuco. He was a free mason and a liberal activist. Prates was born in Luanda in an uncertain date and lived in Angola part of his life, …

Lisbon, 18 February 1872- 4 August 1930. Republican journalist and writer. Biography: https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francisco_Mayer_Gar%C3%A7%C3%A3o …

Ilha Brava, Cape Verde, 26 October 1861 - c. 1921. He had only primary education but was an autodidact. Was a public servant most of his life. Politically was a Republican militant. He was a journalist, poet and composer of mornas, having collaborated …

Praia, Island of Santiago, Cape Verde, 15 April 1855- 25 December 1891. He studied in the seminary of Cernache do Bomjardim (Portugal) and afterwards became a public servant in Cape Verde. He was a composer, poet and journalist having collaborated with …

Ximenes (pseud.) …