António Augusto de Rocha Peixoto
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António Augusto de Rocha Peixoto (Póvoa de Varzim
, Portugal
, May 18, 1866 - Matosinhos
, Portugal, May 2, 1909) was a notable naturalist, etnologist and archaeologist known throughout the country.
In 1891, he became the secretariat the "Revista de Portugal" (Portugal Magazine) established by his friend Eça de Queiroz and organized the Cabinet of Mineralogy, Geology and Palaeontology of the Polytechnic Academy of Porto (currently University of Porto
). He collaborated in other journals and magazines and was the director of the Public Library and Municipal Museum of the city of Porto. In its native town, he revealed cividade de Terroso
and remodeled the town hall. Two weeks after dying, his body was transferred from the cemetery of Agramonte in Porto to the one of Póvoa.
Póvoa de Varzim
Póvoa de Varzim is a Portuguese city in the Norte Region and sub-region of Greater Porto, with a 2011 estimated population of 63,364. According to the 2001 census, there were 63,470 inhabitants with 42,396 living in the city proper. The urban area expanded, southwards, to Vila do Conde, and there...
, Portugal
Portugal
Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...
, May 18, 1866 - Matosinhos
Matosinhos
Matosinhos Municipality is located in Porto District, Portugal. The main city is Matosinhos. It is bordered to the south by the city of Porto and lies within the Greater Porto subregion. The municipality has a population of 168,451 in 10 parishes. Many people have recently moved from the...
, Portugal, May 2, 1909) was a notable naturalist, etnologist and archaeologist known throughout the country.
In 1891, he became the secretariat the "Revista de Portugal" (Portugal Magazine) established by his friend Eça de Queiroz and organized the Cabinet of Mineralogy, Geology and Palaeontology of the Polytechnic Academy of Porto (currently University of Porto
University of Porto
The University of Porto is a Portuguese public university located in Porto, and founded 22 March 1911. It is the largest Portuguese university by number of enrolled students and has one of the most noted research outputs in Portugal...
). He collaborated in other journals and magazines and was the director of the Public Library and Municipal Museum of the city of Porto. In its native town, he revealed cividade de Terroso
Cividade de Terroso
Cividade de Terroso was an important city of the Castro culture in North-western Iberian Peninsula, located in Póvoa de Varzim, Portugal.The city, known in the Middle Ages as Civitas Teroso, was built at the top of Cividade Hill, in the parish of Terroso, in Póvoa de Varzim, less than 5 km...
and remodeled the town hall. Two weeks after dying, his body was transferred from the cemetery of Agramonte in Porto to the one of Póvoa.