Filipe Nery Xavier Explained

Filipe Nery Xavier
Birth Date:17 March 1801
Birth Place:São Salvador, Loutolim, Salcete, Portuguese Goa, Kingdom of Portugal
Death Place:Cidade de Goa, Ilhas, Portuguese Goa, Kingdom of Portugal
Occupation:Historian

Filipe Nery Xavier (17 March 1801 - 26 May 1875), sometimes spelt Felipe, Felippe, Filippe or Neri, was a Portuguese administrator, littérateur and historian of Goan origin. He was descended from a "very distinguished" Gaud Saraswat Brahmin family that had converted to Christianity when the Portuguese arrived in India. Despite having no or very little European blood, the Xavier family flourished in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, holding positions such as interim Secretary General of Portuguese India, secretary to the Governor General of Mozambique, president of the municipal council of Mozambique and commander of the artillery of Lisbon's National Guard.[1]

Nery Xavier was the director of the National Press (Imprensa Nacional), and held a position in the administration working for the Secretary General Joaquim Heliodoro da Cunha Rivara, a role always held by a man nominated by Lisbon.[2] Nery Xavier was a fellow of the Lisbon Academy of Sciences.[3]

Legacy

Filipe Neri Xavier Road in the capital of Goa, Panjim, is named in his honour, fittingly adjacent to the Historical Archives.

Orders

Notes and References

  1. Book: Pearson . Michael N. . The Portuguese in India . 2 Nov 2006 . Cambridge University Press . United Kingdom . 149 . 0521028507 . 30 October 2020.
  2. Lowndes Vicente . Filipa . Goa Displayed in Goa: The 1860 Industrial Exhibition of Portuguese Colonial India . Revista Crítica de Ciências Sociais . 2018 . 115 . 159–182 . 10.4000/rccs.6864 . 30 October 2020. free .
  3. Book: da Silva . Innocencio Francisco . Diccionario bibliographico portuguez: (1-6 do supplemento) A-Lourenço Maximiano Pecegueiro . 1870 . Imprensa Nacional . Goa, India . 229 . 30 October 2020.
  4. Book: Nery Xavier . Felippe . Defensa dos direitos das Gaõ-Carias, Gaõ-Cares, e dos seus privilegios, contra a proposta de sua dissolução, e divisão das suas terras . 1856 . Imprensa Nacional . Goa . 29 October 2020.
  5. Book: da Silva . Innocencio Francisco . Diccionario bibliographico portuguez: (1-6 do supplemento) A-Lourenço Maximiano Pecegueiro . 1870 . Imprensa Nacional . Goa, India . 229 . 30 October 2020.
  6. Book: India . Portuguese . Boletim do Governo do Estado da India (Anno 1873 - Numero 12) . 1875 . Imprensa Nacional . Goa, India . 47 . 30 October 2020.