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Herculano de Carvalho e Araújo Alexandre
(1810—1877)

Alexandre Herculano de Carvalho e Araújo, was a Portuguese novelist and historian. Born of humble stock, his grandfather was a foreman stonemason in the royal employ. Herculano received his early education, comprising Latin, logic and rhetoric, at the Necessidades Monastery, and spent a year at the Royal Marine Academy studying mathematics... More...

Portugal, 2010, Alexandre Herculano