Peixoto, Augusto

Title ^{Refs: *1 *7}

Prof

First name(s)

Augusto

Surname

Peixoto

Position(s) held at King's College London ^Ref: *4

Lecturer of Portuguese, 1882-1893

Education & professional details

Position(s) held (non King's College London) ^Ref: *5

• Portuguese Consulate, 1885;
• private tutor in Portuguese, French, Spanish, Italian & English, 1877

Publications ^Ref: *6

Augusto Peixoto and Heliodoro Salgado, John Bull-Pirata. Libello acusatorio contra la Inglaterra e os seus cumplices. Lison, 1890

Personal details

Date of birth ^Ref: *2

1823

Place of birth ^Ref: *2

Lisbon, Portugual

Date of death ^Ref: *3

3rd January 1893

Place of death ^Ref: *3

Kentish Town, London

Family details ^Ref: *7

Spouse - Laura Jane Lewry, b [1854-1861] Brighton; daughter Laura Clara Peixoto b 1880; son Oscar Peixoto b 1885; son Augusto Peixoto b 1888; daughter Frances Mabel Peixoto b1890.

Notes

• September 1877 writes to King's College London Secretary offering to teach Portuguese which is "conspicuous by its absence" in their advertisement for evening classes. He is not actually appointed until 1882.
• Appears as interpreter in a legal case 1885 (see reference in (11) to Reynolds newspaper article).
• August 1891 Stricken with partial paralysis and requests admittance to the College's hospital "under a nominal fee" to undergo medical treatment "to restore my health and power" .
• In 1893 Thomas Carter writes to the Secretary referring to the death of Mr Peixoto "some time since" and recommending another lecturer from the same office as Mr Peixoto and Mr Ricci (his predecessor), one Mr Pargana.
• Laura Jane Lewry may not have been legal spouse of Augusto Peixoto (no record of a marriage found).