António Augusto de Rocha Peixoto (18 May 1866–2 May 1909) was a Portuguese naturalist, ethnologist and archaeologist.
In 1891, he became the secretariat of the magazine ''Revista de Portugal'' established by his friend
Eça de Queiroz and organized the Cabinet of Mineralogy, Geology and Palaeontology of the Polytechnic Academy of Porto (currently
University of Porto
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). He also collaborated in other journals and magazines and was the director of the
Public Library
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and Municipal Museum of
Porto
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. In his native town, he revealed
Cividade de Terroso and remodelled the town hall. Two weeks after dying, his body was transferred from the cemetery of Agramonte in Porto to the one of Póvoa.
19th-century Portuguese people
People from Póvoa de Varzim
1866 births
1909 deaths
University of Porto alumni
Portuguese naturalists
Portuguese ethnologists
Portuguese archaeologists
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