author
Eduardo Henrique Vieira Coelho de Sequeira
1861–1914
A Portuguese naturalist and journalist, he brought plants to life through short legends that mix folklore, curiosity, and a love of the natural world. His writing has an old-world charm that makes science feel imaginative and approachable.
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Lendas dos Vegetaes
by Eduardo Henrique Vieira Coelho de Sequeira
About the author
Born in Porto on December 31, 1861, Eduardo Henrique Vieira Coelho de Sequeira was a Portuguese naturalist, herpetologist, botanist, and journalist. He wrote and edited for several newspapers and periodicals, and his work moved easily between science writing and literary storytelling.
He is especially remembered for Lendas dos Vegetaes, a collection that retells legends about plants in a lively, accessible way. That blend of observation and imagination gives his work a distinctive tone: informed by nature study, but written to delight general readers.
Sequeira died in Porto on November 30, 1914. While he is not widely known today outside specialist and digital-library circles, his books still offer a charming glimpse of the moment when popular science, folklore, and literature could share the same page.