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Távora (surname)
Távora is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Fernando Távora (1920-2005), Portuguese architect * Francisco de Távora (1646–1710), Portuguese nobleman * Franklin Távora (1842-1888), Brazilian novelist * Luis Bernardo de Tavora (1723-1759), Portuguese nobleman * Leonor Tomásia de Távora, 3rd Marquise of Távora (1700-1759), Portuguese noblewoman * Sahil Tavora (born 1995), Indian footballer Portuguese-language surnames {{DEFAULTSORT:Távora (surname) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fernando Távora
Fernando Luís Cardoso de Meneses de Tavares e Távora, ComSE, simply known as Fernando Távora (Porto, August 25, 1923 - Matosinhos, September 3, 2005), was a renowned Portuguese architect and professor. Biography The sixth of seven children and third of three sons of José Pinto Tavares de Mendonça Ferrão or José Ferrão de Tavares e Távora and wife Maria José do Amaral Ferrão Lobo Machado or Maria José Lobo de Sousa Machado Cardoso de Meneses, of the Viscounts of Paço de Nespereira, he inherited from his mother the House of Covilhã. He graduated in architecture from the Porto School of Fine Arts (which later became the school of architecture of the University of Porto) in 1952. Having sat the examination in Fine Composition for Professor of Architecture, he was later invited to become a Professor at the school. Participating in several Congrès International d'Architecture Moderne (CIAM) and Team 10 meetings, he became a key person in the modernization of the Porto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francisco De Távora
Francisco is the Spanish and Portuguese form of the masculine given name ''Franciscus''. Meaning of the name Francisco In Spanish, people with the name Francisco are sometimes nicknamed " Paco". San Francisco de Asís was known as ''Pater Communitatis'' (father of the community) when he founded the Franciscan order, and "Paco" is a short form of ''Pater Communitatis''. In areas of Spain where Basque is spoken, " Patxi" is the most common nickname; in the Catalan areas, "Cesc" (short for Francesc) is often used. In Spanish Latin America and in the Philippines, people with the name Francisco are frequently called " Pancho". " Kiko"and "Cisco" is also used as a nickname, and "Chicho" is another possibility. In Portuguese, people named Francisco are commonly nicknamed " Chico" (''shíco''). People with the given name * Pope Francis (1936-2025) is rendered in the Spanish, Portuguese and Filipino languages as Papa Francisco * Francisco Acebal (1866–1933), Spanish writer and au ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franklin Távora
João Franklin da Silveira Távora (January 13, 1842 – August 18, 1888) was a Brazilian novelist, journalist, politician, lawyer and dramatist, famous for his Regionalist romance '' O Cabeleira'', set in 18th-century Pernambuco. He wrote under the pen names Semprônio and Farisvest. He is patron of the 14th chair of the Brazilian Academy of Letters. Life João Franklin da Silveira Távora was born in the city of Baturité, Ceará, to Camilo Henrique da Silveira Távora and Maria de Santana da Silveira. He made his primary studies in Fortaleza. He moved with his parents to Pernambuco in 1854, ingressing at Law course in Recife, graduating in 1863. In 1874, he moves to Rio de Janeiro, writing for journals ''A Consciência Livre'' and ''A Verdade''. Along with Nicolau Midosi, he founded the ''Revista Brasileira'', which lasted from 1879 to 1881. He polemized with José de Alencar's idealist Romanticism. He also founded the Associação dos Homens de Letras and was a member of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luis Bernardo De Tavora
Luis is a given name. It is the Spanish form of the originally Germanic name or . Other Iberian Romance languages have comparable forms: (with an accent mark on the i) in Portuguese and Galician, in Aragonese and Catalan, while is archaic in Portugal, but common in Brazil. Origins The Germanic name (and its variants) is usually said to be composed of the words for "fame" () and "warrior" () and hence may be translated to ''famous warrior'' or "famous in battle". According to Dutch onomatologists however, it is more likely that the first stem was , meaning fame, which would give the meaning 'warrior for the gods' (or: 'warrior who captured stability') for the full name.J. van der Schaar, ''Woordenboek van voornamen'' (Prisma Voornamenboek), 4e druk 1990; see also thLodewijs in the Dutch given names database Modern forms of the name are the German name Ludwig and the Dutch form Lodewijk. and the other Iberian forms more closely resemble the French name Louis, a deriva ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leonor Tomásia De Távora, 3rd Marquise Of Távora
Leonor or Léonor is the Spanish form of the given name Eleanor. People bearing the name include: * Leonor Acevedo Suárez (1876–1975), Argentine translator and mother of Jorge Luis Borges * Leonor Allende (1883–1931), Argentine writer and journalist * Leonor Beleza (born 1948), Portuguese politician *Leonor Briones (born 1940), Filipino academic and civil servant * Leonor Cecotto (c.1920–1982), Argentine painter and engraver * Leonor de Cisneros (died 1568), Spanish Protestant martyr * Leonor de La Guerra y Vega Ramírez (died 1816), Venezuelan protester * Leonor Fini (1907–1996), Argentine surrealist painter * Leonor Gonzalez Mina (born 1934), vocalist in the cumbia genre of Colombian music * Leonor López de Córdoba (1362–1420), advisor and confidant of Queen Catalina of Lancaster * Leonor F. Loree (1858–1940), American civil engineer, lawyer and railroad executive * Leonor Maia (1926–2010), Portuguese film actress * Leonor Manso (born 1948), Argentine actress * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sahil Tavora
Dom Sahil Krishe de Noronha Tavora (born 19 October 1995) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Indian Super League club Goa. Career Earlier career Born in Goa, Tavora was a part of both the Brasil Futebol Academia and Sesa Football Academy before signing with Arthur Papas managed Dempo in September 2013. FC Goa On 19 August 2016, it was announced that Tavora had signed with Goa of the Indian Super League. He made his professional debut for the team on 8 October 2016 against Pune City. He came on as an 82nd-minute substitute for Mandar Rao Desai. GDSC Alvarenga In 2018, Tavora moved abroad and signed with Campeonato de Portugal side GDSC Alvarenga on 1 July. Hyderabad In 2019, he came back to India after signing with Indian Super League side Hyderabad. In the 2020–21 season, after having a goalless draw against FC Goa, they narrowly missed the play-offs as they finished 5th in the league table. He scored an important goal in the Fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
