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Teixeira
Teixeira (, , ) is a Galician-Portuguese Teixeira is a surname of a Portuguese family with toponymic roots whose origin is in the landlord of Teixeira, municipality of Baião in Portugal, belonging to Don Hermígio Mendes de Teixeira, noble in the time of King Sancho I, descendant of the Lords of Lanhoso, son of Mem Viegas and grandson of Egas Fafes de Lanhoso (The Nobiliary of Families of Portugal informs that D. Egas was in the city of Jerusalem, where he came to receive from the hands of King Baldwin III of Jerusalem the Coat of Arms who use the Teixeira their descendants), was the first to be called Teixeira, he lived and was lord of Quinta do Lameiro (slough), in Ponte (Vila Verde). Not being Lord of the lameiro by the pejorative connotation of the name, D. Hermígio chose the name of Teixeira. D. Hermígio was married to D. Maria Pais, daughter of D. Paio de Novais, Alcaide-Mor (mayor) of Vila Nova de Cerveira. From this marriage there was offspring who continued the nick ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glover Teixeira
Glover Lucas Teixeira (; born 28 October 1979) is a Brazilian-American mixed martial artist. He currently competes in the Light Heavyweight division in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), where he is a former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion. Teixeira is a former member of the Brazilian National Wrestling Team and has competed in the WEC, Impact FC, PFC, and Shooto. He is the second oldest UFC champion in history behind Randy Couture and the oldest first time champion in UFC history. As of December 6, 2022, he is #2 in the UFC light heavyweight rankings. Background Teixeira is originally from the rural community of Sobrália, Minas Gerais, Brazil and is of Portuguese descent. There was no electricity in many of the homes in his community, and there was only one gas station. He moved to Danbury, Connecticut in 1999 to help support his family and found a job in landscaping. It was there that he met his wife, Ingrid. After watching boxers such as Mike Tyson and the early mix ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
João Carlos Teixeira
João Carlos Vilaça Teixeira (born 18 January 1993) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a attacking midfielder for Qatar Stars League club Umm Salal. After developing at Braga and Sporting CP he joined Liverpool for £800,000 in January 2012. He made eight total appearances for Liverpool, scoring once, and had loans at Brentford in League One and Brighton & Hove Albion in the Championship, winning Player of the Year at the latter. He returned to Portugal in 2016, and made over 70 Primeira Liga appearances for Braga, Porto, Vitória de Guimarães and Famalicão. Club career Sporting CP Teixeira joined Sporting CP from hometown club Braga in 2004 and progressed through the youth teams. He began training with the first team and was given the number 46 shirt for the 2011–12 season. His first involvement for the senior side came in December 2011, when he was an unused substitute for Europa League matches against FC Zürich and Lazio. Liverpool Havi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alex Teixeira Santos
Alex Teixeira Santos (; born 6 January 1990) is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Vasco da Gama. Teixeira began his career with Vasco da Gama, making his debut for the senior team at the age of 18, before moving to Shakhtar Donetsk in November 2009. He spent seven years at the club, scoring 89 goals in 222 appearances, while winning the Ukrainian Premier League five times. In February 2016, he transferred to Chinese Super League side Jiangsu Suning for an Asian record transfer fee of €50 million. Internationally, Teixeira has been capped at under-17 and under-20 level for Brazil. Club career Vasco de Gama Early career Teixeira began his career at Vasco da Gama, playing for the youth team from 1999 to 2007. He was promoted to the senior team for the 2008 season. 2008 season Teixeira was promoted to the senior squad for the tour of Dubai in January 2008. On 11 May 2008, he made his league debut for the club as a substitute in a 1–0 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pedro Teixeira
Pedro Teixeira (b.1570-1585 - d.4 July 1641), occasionally referred to as the Conqueror of the Amazon, was a Portugal, Portuguese Exploration, explorer and military officer, who became, in 1637, the first European to travel up and down the entire length of the Amazon River, he also headed the government of the captaincy of Pará in two different periods, one in 1620-1621 and another in 1640–1641. Teixeira was born either in 1570 or 1585 at the Cantanhede Municipality, Vila of Cantanhede, born to a noble family, he was a Knight of the Order of Christ and a Portuguese nobleman in service of the royal family ( pt, Moço Fidalgo da Casa Real), he married Ana Cunha in Praia, Azores, daughter of Sargento-Mor Diogo de Campos Moreno, with whom Teixeira fought together in Maranhão First arriving in Brazil on 1607, Teixeira participated in Portugal's campaign against Equinoctial France, French Maranhão, he fought in the Battle of Guaxenduba and distinguished himself commanding either ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Filipe Teixeira
Filipe Andrade Teixeira (; born 2 October 1980) is a Portuguese retired footballer. Regarded as technical and creative, he was capable of playing in several midfield positions, and he competed professionally in five countries his own notwithstanding, mainly Romania. Club career Early years Born in Boulogne-Billancourt, France, Teixeira started his senior career with Felgueiras in the Segunda Liga, being an automatic first-choice since the age of 18. After a career-best nine goals in 2000–01 season, he returned to his nation of birth – his parents were Portuguese immigrants – and signed with Ligue 2 club Istres. Paris Saint-Germain Although he appeared sparingly for the Bouches-du-Rhône side in his only season, Teixeira joined the Ligue 1 after being transferred to Paris Saint-Germain where he teamed up with Brazil's Ronaldinho, being rarely used during his spell with the capital side. Teixeira then returned to Portugal, making his Primeira Liga debut at Vítor Pont ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dionatan Teixeira
Dionatan do Nascimento Teixeira (24 July 1992 – 5 November 2017) was a Brazilian-born Slovakian professional footballer who played as a centre-back. Teixeira began playing football with local side Londrina EC in Brazil before he was given the opportunity to play in Europe with Slovakian side MFK Košice in 2008. He played in the youth teams at Košice and went on trials with a number of clubs in England. A failure to gain a work permit ended any chances of him joining an English club, and after playing on loan for Slovan Bratislava in 2011–12 he was released by Košice. After briefly playing amateur football he moved on to Baník Ružiná and then to Slovak Super Liga side Dukla Banská Bystrica. In 2013 Teixeira was granted Slovak citizenship and after impressing Stoke City whilst on trial he joined them on a three-year contract in June 2014. However, he failed to make any impact at Stoke and left in January 2017 and later joined Moldovan side Sheriff Tiraspol. Care ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Teixeira De Mattos
Alexander Louis Teixeira de Mattos (April 9, 1865 – December 5, 1921), known as Alexander Teixeira de Mattos, was a Dutch-English journalist, literary critic and publisher, who gained his greatest fame as a translator. Early life The Teixeira de Mattos Sampaio e Mendes family was of Portuguese Jewish origin, having been driven out of Portugal to the Netherlands by Holy Office persecution. Alexander Teixeira de Mattos was born as a Dutch Protestant to an English mother and a Dutch father. In 1874, when he was nine years old, he and his family moved from Amsterdam to England. There, he studied under Monsignor Thomas John Capel and converted to Roman Catholicism. He then studied at the Kensington Catholic Public SchoolMcKenna, p. 11. and at the Jesuit school Beaumont College. Career After his studies, Teixeira came into contact with J. T. Grein, a London impresario of Dutch origin, and was made secretary of Grein's Independent Theatre Society. He worked as a freelance trans ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Humberto Cavalcanti De Albuquerque Teixeira
Humberto Cavalcanti de Albuquerque Teixeira (5 January 1915 – 3 October 1979) was a Brazilian lawyer, politician, musician, and composer, mostly known for his partnership with musician Luiz Gonzaga. Together, they wrote one of the most important songs of their era, ''Asa Branca'', in 1947. Teixeira is recognized as a specialist in '' baião'' as well as "master of costumes and popular North-Eastern trends." Teixeira is also noted for writing the musical copyright laws of Brazil. Biography Teixera was born in Iguatu to João Euclides Teixeira and Lucíola Cavalcante Teixeira. He demonstrated musical aptitude at an early age. By six, he already learned to play the musette, flute, and mandolin. His uncle, Lafaiete Teixeira, a conductor, became his first music teacher. He completed his first composition Miss Hermengarda when he was 13 and played the flute in the orchestra that played in the silent films exhibited in Fortaleza's Cine Majestic. When he was 15, Teixeira moved to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pedro Teixeira Albernaz
Pedro Teixeira Albernaz was a Portuguese cartographer born in 1595 in Lisbon, Kingdom of Portugal. He came from a family of cartographers including his father Luís Teixeira, uncle Domingos Teixeira, and his brother João Teixeira Albernaz I who he collaborated with. Around 1610, Pedro went to work in Spain. Pedro served as the royal cosmographer to Philip III of Spain (1598 -1621) and Philip IV (1621-1665). In the years 1622 to 1630 he worked on mapping the coasts of the Iberian Peninsula. Pedro changed his works from nautical charts to topographical survey chart throughout this time period. Pedro was appointed with his brother to make a map of Straits of Magellan and St. Vincent. Pedro died in 1662 in Madrid. Contributions His 1634 work ''La descripción de España y de las costas y puertos de sus reinos'' (''Description of Spain and of the Coasts and Ports of Her Kingdoms'') is preserved in Vienna. Teixeira's map is made of twenty individual folios. The plates for the map we ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nuno Severiano Teixeira
Henrique Nuno Pires Severiano Teixeira (born November 5, 1957, in Portuguese Guinea) is a Portuguese academic and politician. Severiano Teixeira is a full professor at New University of Lisbon, and was also the vice rector of the same institution. He is director of the Portuguese Institute of International Relations (IPRI), an academic research institute that belongs to NOVA University of Lisbon. He is currently a visiting professor at Georgetown University. Nuno Severiano Teixeira was Minister of Internal Administration in the 14th Constitutional Government, the second of the Prime Minister António Guterres. He was also Minister of Defense in the 17th Constitutional Government, the first of the Prime Minister José Sócrates. Severiano Teixeira is the author of several publications in the fields of Military History, International Relations, Security and Defense, and European Integration. Background Nuno Severiano Teixeira was born in Portuguese Guinea, in 1957, when his fath ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bento Teixeira
Bento Teixeira (1561? – 1618?) was a Portugal, Portuguese poet. He is considered to be the introducer of Baroque in the Portuguese colony of Brazil and the first Brazilian poet — however, this last affirmation is contested by many historians. Life Details about Teixeira's life are very sparse. His birthplace is most commonly accepted to be Porto, Portugal, to Manuel Álvares de Barros and Lianor Rodrigues. Teixeira moved to the colony of Brazil in 1567(?), first living in Bahia, but he had to flee to Pernambuco when he was accused of being a Jew. In Pernambuco, Bento Teixeira became a teacher of Arithmetics, Grammar and Latin. Returning to Bahia, he married Filipa Raposa in the city of Ilhéus, in 1584(?). Allegedly, Teixeira murdered his wife under suspects of adultery, what made him flee to Pernambuco once more. Refugiated at the Monastery of São Bento, he wrote his masterpiece ''Prosopopeia (poem), Prosopopeia''. Another version tells that Teixeira's wife accused him of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manuel Teixeira Gomes
Manuel Teixeira Gomes, GCSE (; 27 May 1860 – 18 October 1941) was a Portuguese politician and writer. He served as the seventh president of Portugal between 5 October 1923 and 11 December 1925. Personal life Manuel Teixeira Gomes was born in Vila Nova de Portimão, son of José Líbano Gomes (from Mortágua), and wife Maria da Glória Teixeira, born in Lagoa, Ferragudo. A wealthy landowner, his father was also an important dried fruit trader, a much travelled man, who had been educated in France and witnessed the 1848 revolution, had republican leanings and had been Belgian Consul in the Algarve. Teixeira Gomes attended the Colégio de São Luís Gonzaga, Portimão, and the Coimbra seminary. At the age of 16 he enrolled at the University of Coimbra to study medicine, but he abandoned studies one year later and moved to Lisbon, where he established closed ties with local intellectual circles (namely Fialho de Almeida and João de Deus). After completing military service, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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