Maria de Fátima Silva de Sequeira Dias (12 October 1958 – 7 January 2013) was an

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, author, and

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. A

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in the Department of Management and Economics at the

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, she specialized in the history of the

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, an

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. Sequeira Dias was born in

Ponta Delgada Ponta Delgada (; ) is the largest municipality (''concelho'') and executive capital of the Autonomous Region of the Azores in Portugal. It is located on São Miguel Island, the largest and most populous in the archipelago. As of 2021, it has 67,2 ...

. She received her

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and

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from the

. Her 1983

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for economic history, "''Uma estratégia de sucesso numa economia periférica. A casa Bensaude e os Açores 1800-1873'', focused on the Bensaude family, a prominent Azorean business family, won the "Recent Doctoral Research In Economy History Award" for her work. She completed post-doctoral work at universities throughout Europe, including the Institut d' Études Européens at the

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, the

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's Faculdade de Ciências Humanas, the Economic History Institute at the Norwegian School of Economics and Business, and the Centre d'Économie Internationale at the

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. Much of Sequeira Dias' research centered on the

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. More specifically, she specialized in the history of

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in the Azores, as well as the influence of the

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on the economic development of the islands.

Death

Sequeira Dias died in Ponta Delgada, Azores, Portugal on 7 January 2013, aged 54, from undisclosed causes. She had been conducting research for two forthcoming books at the time of her death: a

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of José de Almeida, a former leader of the

Azores Liberation Front The Azores Liberation Front, more commonly known as the FLA () is a right-wing paramilitary organization with the goal of forceful independence of the Azores, appearing right after the Carnation Revolution and whose actions included violent attac ...

(FLA), and a book on the introduction of

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to the Azores.

Sample of Works authored

* ''Fábrica de Tabaco Micaelense - 145 anos, 1866-2011'' (2011) * ''SAAGA – 40 anos de História'' (2009) * ''Os Açores na História de Portugal, séculos XIX e XX'' (2008) * ''António Costa Santos: uma vida ao serviço dos Açores'' (2007) * ''Indiferentes à Diferença. Os judeus nos Açores nos séculos XIX e XX'' (2007) * ''O Ateneu Comercial de Ponta Delgada - cem anos na promoção cívica dos empresários micaelenses'' (2005) * ''Em defesa dos interesses empresariais desde 1835'' (2002) * ''Uma Estratégia de Sucesso numa Economia Periférica. A Casa Bensaude e os Açores'' 1800-1871 (1999) * ''Diário de Navegação. 50 anos de operação da SATA'' (1997) * ''Uma estratégia de sucesso numa economia periférica. A casa Bensaude e os Açores.'' 1800-1873 (1996) * ''Ponta Delgada - 450 anos de cidade'' (1996) * ''A Fábrica do Tabaco Micaelense, 1866-1995'' (1995) * ''Escritos sobre História das Mulheres'' (1995)

References

External links

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