João de Figueiredo Maio e Lima

Born in 1779 in Galveias, Portugal, João de Figueiredo Maio e Lima was a Portuguese writer associated with the literary world of the early 19th century. A record from the Digital Library of Literature from Lusophone Countries lists his birth in Galveias and his death in Portugal in 1851.

He is best known for Testamento Poético-Anacreôntico, a poem that was published in the newspaper Ramalhete in 1838 and later circulated in book form. The surviving catalog and ebook records suggest that this work became the main channel through which later readers encountered his writing.

Although detailed biographical information appears to be limited online, the available sources point to a poet whose work remained notable enough to be preserved in literary databases and public-domain editions. That gives modern readers a small but genuine window into Portuguese literary culture of his time.