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.
He was born in
Parada de Gonta
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History
Local writer and ...
,
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
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Active parties
* Progressive Party, Brazil
* Progressive Party (Ch ...
'', he was at various times Mayor of
Viseu, Deputy, Peer of the Realm, Minister of Maritime Affairs, Minister of Public Works
and Civil Governor of the districts of
Braga and
Porto. He was also secretary general of the government of
Portuguese India
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, 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
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and was buried in the
Cemitério dos Prazeres
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.
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.
References
External links
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1831 births
1901 deaths
19th-century Portuguese poets
Portuguese male poets
Romantic poets
Mayors of places in Portugal
Government ministers of Portugal
Legislators in Portugal
People from Viseu District
University of Coimbra alumni
Ambassadors of Portugal to Brazil
19th-century male writers
Naval ministers of Portugal