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Augusto de Oliveira Cardoso Fonseca
1842–1917
A Portuguese writer and civil servant, he combined legal experience with a lively interest in history, poetry, religion, and the traditions of Coimbra. His best-known book, Outros Tempos ou Velharias de Coimbra, brings the city’s 19th-century past vividly to life.
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O desastre de Lisboa em 1755: poesia
by Augusto de Oliveira Cardoso Fonseca
About the author
Born in Coimbra on July 30, 1842, Augusto de Oliveira Cardoso Fonseca worked as a court clerk in several Portuguese districts and later in São Tomé. He eventually became a third-grade official in Portugal’s Ministry of the Colonies, a position he held until his death in January 1917.
His writing ranged across poetry, history, religious commentary, archaeology, and legal reference works. Among his publications are O Desastre de Lisboa em 1755, Notícias Arqueológicas de Portugal, Jesuítas: Suas Qualidades e Doutrina, and Outros Tempos ou Velharias de Coimbra (1911), a study of Coimbra between 1850 and 1880.
Bibliographical records also note that he left an unpublished collection of verse and other unfinished writings, suggesting a broader literary output than the works that appeared during his lifetime.