Tomás Ribeiro (writer)

Born1 July 1831

Parada de Gonta, Viseu, Portugal

Died6 February 1901(1901-02-06) (aged 69)

Lisbon, Portugal

OccupationsPolitician, journalist, poet and writer

Tomás Ribeiro
Born	1 July 1831 Parada de Gonta, Viseu, Portugal
Died	6 February 1901(1901-02-06) (aged 69) Lisbon, Portugal
Occupations	Politician, journalist, poet and writer

Tomás António Ribeiro Ferreira (1 July 1831 – 6 February 1901), better known as Tomás Ribeiro or Thomaz Ribeiro, was a Portuguese politician, journalist, poet and Ultra-Romantic writer.^[1]

He was born in Parada de Gonta, Viseu. After graduating in law at the University of Coimbra, he practised law briefly before turning to a political career. A prominent member of the Partido Regenerador, he was at various times Mayor of Viseu, Deputy, Peer of the Realm, Minister of Maritime Affairs, Minister of Public Works^[2] and Civil Governor of the districts of Braga and Porto.^{[citation needed]} He was also secretary general of the government of Portuguese India, and ambassador of Portugal in Brazil. Elected a member of the Royal Academy of Sciences, he was president of the Department of Letters. He died in Lisbon and was buried in the Cemitério dos Prazeres.^{[citation needed]}

A versatile writer and journalist, Tomás Ribeiro left a vast body of work. He was the father of the poet Branca de Gonta Colaço and grandfather of the writer Tomás Ribeiro Colaço.^{[citation needed]}