Ignacio Barboza Machado (Vasconcellos discipulo de Aguilar gravou), 1806

Ignácio Barbosa-Machado (23 November 1686 in

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– 28 March 1734 in Lisbon) was a

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prominent in the early history of Portugal and

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. Barbosa-Machado was born in

. He studied at

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, and was sent to the Portuguese

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as a magistrate. He joined the church after the death of his wife. His brother was Diogo Barbosa Machado.

Bibliography (part)

*"Fastos Politicos e Militares de Antiqua e Nova Lusitania" (Lisbon, 1745), dealing with the history of Portugal and Brazil.

References

18th-century Portuguese historians 1686 births 1734 deaths University of Coimbra alumni Writers from Lisbon {{Portugal-bio-stub