COSTA DE MACEDO, Joaquim José da. Lisbon 25.4.1777 — Golegã, district Santarém 15.3.1867. Portuguese Historian. Son of Professor Agostinho José da Costa de Macedo (1745–1822). Librarian, then (1814) Academician in Lisbon. In 1834-56 General Secretary of Academia das Ciências. Director of Portuguese Nacional Archives. Counsellor of State.
Publications: Wrote on Portuguese and early colonial history.
Sources: Several Portuguese Internet pages (dich.bnportugal.gov.pt); German Wikipedia; photo in badw.de/gelehrtengemeinschaft/verstorbene.
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