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António Aurélio da Costa Ferreira
1879–1922
A pioneering Portuguese physician and educator, he worked across medicine, pedagogy, and public life at a time when ideas about child development and special education were rapidly changing. Remembered especially for his role in education reform, he also wrote and taught with unusual breadth.
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Algumas lições de psicologia e pedologia
by António Aurélio da Costa Ferreira
About the author
Born in Funchal, Madeira, in 1879, António Aurélio da Costa Ferreira trained at the University of Coimbra, where he studied both philosophy and medicine. Sources describe him as a physician, anthropologist, pedagogue, and political figure, reflecting a career that moved easily between science, teaching, and public service.
He became an important name in the history of education in Portugal, particularly in the early development of special education. He is also described as having worked in medical and scientific publishing and as someone whose ideas connected child health, learning, and social reform.
Costa Ferreira held public responsibilities as well, including service linked to Casa Pia and the Portuguese government. He died in Lourenço Marques, Mozambique, in 1922. A suitable portrait image could not be confirmed from the sources I checked, so no profile image is included.