author
Joaquim Lopes Carreira de Melo
1816–1885
Best known today for a concise history of Portugal and a biography of José Agostinho de Macedo, this 19th-century Portuguese-language writer left behind a small but intriguing body of nonfiction. His surviving books suggest a strong interest in national history, literary reputation, and the lives of public figures.
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Biographia do Padre José Agostinho de Macedo Seguida d'um catalogo alfabetico de todas as suas obras
by Joaquim Lopes Carreira de Melo
About the author
Joaquim Lopes Carreira de Melo lived from 1816 to 1885. Reliable catalog and library records confirm his name and dates, and show that he wrote in Portuguese during the mid-19th century.
The works most clearly associated with him are Compendio da historia de Portugal (1853) and Biographia do Padre José Agostinho de Macedo, published in 1854. That second book was presented as a biography of the writer and priest José Agostinho de Macedo, followed by a catalog of Macedo's works, which points to Carreira de Melo's interest in both biography and literary history.
Detailed personal information about his life is scarce in the sources I could confirm, so it is safest to remember him through his books: a compact national history and a literary biography that kept an earlier Portuguese author in view for later readers.