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Teófilo Braga
	Teófilo Braga
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	President of the Provisional Government of the Portuguese Republic
	In office; 6 October 1910 – 24 August 1911
Preceded by	King Manuel II; (as head of state); António Teixeira de Sousa; (as head of government)
Succeeded by	Manuel de Arriaga; (as the 1st President of Portugal); João Chagas; (as head of government)
2nd President of Portugal
	In office; 29 May 1915 – 15 October 1915
Preceded by	Manuel de Arriaga
Succeeded by	Bernardino Machado
Born	February 24, 1843; Ponta Delgada, Azores, Portugal
Died	January 28, 1924 (aged 80); Lisbon, Portugal
Political party	Portuguese Republican Party; (later Democratic Party)
Spouse(s)	Maria do Carmo Xavier
Children	Joaquim, Maria da Graça, and Teófilo Braga
Alma mater	University of Coimbra
Occupation	Lecturer of Literature; Writer

Joaquim Teófilo Fernandes Braga (Portuguese pronunciation: [tiˈɔfilu ˈbɾaɡɐ]; 24 February 1843 – 28 January 1924) was a Portuguese politician, writer, and playwright. His debut in literature was called Folhas Verdes (Green Leaves). He graduated with a degree in law from the University of Coimbra in 1872; he departed for Lisbon, where he taught literature. As for his literary career, one can find books by Braga on the history of literature, on ethnography (mainly his search for popular stories and traditional songs), poetry, fiction, and philosophy.

He married in 1878 to Maria do Carmo Xavier (Porto, 14 November 1841 – 14 September 1911), sister of Júlio de Matos, and they had three children, all of whom died young: Joaquim, Maria da Graça, and Teófilo Braga, the younger.

[edit] Politics

Braga became active in Portuguese politics in 1878, when he ran for deputy as an independent federalist republican. Over the years, He occupied many posts in the structure of the Portuguese Republican Party. On 1 January 1910, he became an effective member of the Political Directorate of the party, joining Basílio Teles, Eusébio Leão, José Cupertino Ribeiro, and José Relvas.

On 28 August 1910, he was elected deputy for Lisbon and on 5 October of the same year, with the Proclamation of the Portuguese Republic, he became President of the Provisional Government. His political career ended after serving briefly as President of the Republic, replacing Manuel de Arriaga between 29 May and 4 August 1915. He is buried at the Jerónimos Monastery in Belém, Lisbon.

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[edit] Poetry

Visão dos Tempos (1864)
Tempestades Sonoras (1864)
Torrentes (1869)
Miragens Seculares (1884)
Poesia do Direito (1865)

Official portrait of President Teófilo Braga by Martinho da Fonseca

[edit] Fiction

Contos Fantásticos (1865)
Viriato (1904)

[edit] Essays

As Teorias Literárias – Relance sobre o Estado Actual da Literatura Portuguesa (1865)
História da Poesia Moderna em Portugal (1869)
História da Literatura Portuguese (Introdução) (1870)
História do Teatro Português (1870-1871) - 4 volumes
Teoria da História da Literatura Portuguesa (1872)
Manual da História da Literatura Portuguesa (1875)
Bocage, sua Vida e Época (1877)
Parnaso Português Moderno (1877)
Traços gerais da Filosofia Positiva (1877)
História do Romantismo em Portugal (1880)
Sistema de Sociologia (1884)
Camões e o Sentimento Nacional (1891)
História da Universidade de Coimbra (1891-1902) - 4 volumes
História da Literatura Portuguesa (1909-1918) - 4 volumes

[edit] Anthologies and research

Antologias: Cancioneiro Popular (1867)
Contos Tradicionais do Povo Português (1883)

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