Pedro de Merelim was a pseudonym of the Portuguese

Portugal

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-born historian and ethnographer Joaquim Gomes da Cunha (São Pedro de Merelim

São Pedro de Merelim

São Pedro de Merelim is a Portuguese parish, located in the city of Braga. It had a 2001 population of 1,710 inhabitants and a total area of 2.34 km², its density was 730.8/km².-Coat of arms:...

, Portugal, 1913 - Angra do Heroísmo

Angra do Heroísmo

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, Azores Islands, 2002).

He was born in the parish of São Pedro de Merelim, Braga

Braga

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, he moved to the Azores and signed to the (Expeditionary Body) in which it was headed for the archipelago during the Second World War

World War II

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. He was settled in Angra do Heroísmo and was later involved in important investigator work of history and locla tradition, he publicated several volumes on these themes.

Literature

• Guia Turístico da Terceira, Terceira Touristic Guide Agência Teles, Angra do Heroísmo, 1948.
• Subsídios para a história do futebol na ilha Terceira (Subsidiaries for the Soccer History of the Island of Terceira, Angra do Heroísmo, 1956.
• Asilo de Mendicidade, sumário histórico no 1.°centenário da fundação, Angra do Heroísmo, 1960.
• Notas sobre os conventos da ilha Terceira, 3 volumes, A União, 1960, 1963 e 1964.
• Memória histórica da edificação dos Paços do Conselho, Câmara Municipal de Angra do Heroísmo, 1966 (reeditado em 1973 e em 1984).
• Os Hebraicos na ilha Terceira, revista Atlântida (1968), 1995.
• Filarmónica recreio dos Artistas, edição da Filarmónica, Angra do Heroísmo, 1967.
• Caixa económica da Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Angra, Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Angra, 1971.
• Toiros e touradas na ilha Terceira, União Gráfica Angrense, 1970.
• Memória histórica do Salão Municipal, Câmara Municipal de Angra do Heroísmo, 1970.
• Rádio Clube de Angra, 192 pp., edição do Radio Clube de Angra, Angra do Heroísmo, 1972.
• As 18 paróquias de Angra (The 18 Parishes of Angra), 874 pp., Câmara Municipal de Angra do Heroísmo, 1974.
• Fernado Pessoa e a ilha Terceira (Fernando Pessoa and the Island of Terceira), 123 pp., Colecção Ínsula (Insular Collection), Angra do Heroísmo, 1975.
• A laranja na ilha Terceira (The Orange from the Island of Terceira), 91 pp., inserto em A União, 1976.
• Serviços Municipalizados de Angra (Municipalized Services in Angra), 201 pp., Câmara Municipal de Angra do Heroísmo, 1979.
• Cooperativas que houve na Terceira, Angra do Heroismo.
• Freguesias da Praia (Parishes of The Beach), 2 volumes, 797 pp., Direcção Regional de Orientação Pedagógica, Angra do Heroísmo, 1983.
• Merelim (São Pedro), 545 pp., Junta de Freguesia de Merelim, 1989.
• Adenda à Monografia de Merelim (São Pedro) Addenda of the Monograph of Merelim, Junta de Freguesia de Merelim, 1995.
• Açorianos ministros de Estado Azorean Ministers in the State, , Angra do Heroísmo, 1996.
• Monografia da Agência Teles, Agência Teles, Angra do Heroísmo, 1996.