Aniceto dos Reis Gonçalves Viana explained

Aniceto dos Reis Gonçalves Viana
Birth Date:6 January 1840
Birth Place:Lisbon, Portugal
Death Place:Portugal
Nationality:Portuguese
Occupation:Writer and orientalist
Known For:Reorganised the spelling of Portuguese

Aniceto dos Reis Gonçalves Viana (pronounced as /pt/; 1840–1914) was a Portuguese writer and orientalist, who led a committee that made reforms of Portuguese orthography to make it more phonetic.

Biography

Aniceto dos Reis Gonçalves Viana was born in Lisbon in 1840. His father, who was an actor, and his brother died of yellow fever in 1857. Viana had to concentrate on earning money to support his family.

He continued his studies, first studying Greek and then Sanskrit under Guilherme de Vasconcelos Abreu.

He led the commission that advised on how the spelling of Portuguese should be reformed.[1] This change was successfully made, but created a schism with Brazil which continued to use the traditional spelling.

Selected works

Notes and References

  1. http://cvc.instituto-camoes.pt/hlp/biografias/gviana.html Aniceto dos Reis Gonçalves Viana