Tomás Ribeiro
| Tomás Ribeiro | |
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| Born |
1 July 1831 Parada de Gonta, Viseu, Portugal |
| Died |
6 February 1901 (aged 69) Lisbon, Portugal |
| Nationality | Portuguese |
| Occupation | Politician, journalist, poet and writer |
Tomás António Ribeiro Ferreira (1 July 1831 – 6 February 1901), better known as Tomás Ribeiro or Thomaz Ribeiro, was a Portuguese politician, journalist, poet and Ultra-Romantic writer.[1]
He was born in Parada de Gonta, Viseu. After graduating in law at the University of Coimbra, he practised law briefly before turning to a political career. A prominent member of the Partido Regenerador, he was at various times Mayor of Viseu, Deputy, Peer of the Realm, Minister of Maritime Affairs, Minister of Public Works[2] and Civil Governor of the districts of Braga and Porto. He was also secretary general of the government of Portuguese India and ambassador of Portugal in Brazil. Elected a member of the Royal Academy of Sciences, he was president of the Department of Letters. He died in Lisbon and was buried in the Cemitério dos Prazeres.
A versatile writer and journalist, Tomás Ribeiro left a vast body of work. He was the father of the poet Branca de Gonta Colaço and grandfather of the writer Tomás Ribeiro Colaço.
Selected works
- D. Jaime ou a dominação de Castela, nationalist poem, 1862
- A Delfina do Mal, poetry, 1868
- Sons que Passam, poetry, 1868
- A Indiana entr'acte in verse, 1873
- Vésperas, 1880
- Jornadas, travel writing, 1873
- 1.ª parte - Do Tejo ao Mandovi
- 2.ª parte - Entre Palmeiras
- 3.ª parte - Entre Primores
- Dissonâncias, 1890
- História da Legislação Liberal Portuguesa, essay, 1891-1892
- Empréstimo de D. Miguel, essay, 1880
- O Mensageiro de Fez, poem in praise of Our Lady of Carnaxide, 1900.
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