Narciso Ferreira
Narciso Ferreira (7 July 1862 – 23 March 1933) was a Portuguese entrepreneur in the north of Portugal (Riba d’Ave, in Vila Nova de Famalição). He is considered the great founder of the textile industry in Portugal and responsible for the introduction of electric power supply in the North of the country. Biography He was the son of a farmers family. Since his father died when he was very young, his mother gave him a severe education. Seduced by the industrialization in the end of the 19th century, he was only nineteen years old when he set two looms in the farm house where they lived in Pedome. The production was sold in fairs and markets in the north of the country. Afterwards, he made friends with merchants an bankers and soon became very known and respected in the business world. Around 1887 he buys a groundplot on the edge of the river Ave is a Latin word, used by the Roman Empire, Romans as a salutation (greeting), salutation and greeting, meaning 'wikt:h ...
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