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Joaquim Heliodoro da Cunha Rivara (23 June 1809 in Arraiolos – 20 February 1879 in Évora) was a Portuguese physician, professor, intellectual and politician. He excelled as a scholar of the history of the Portuguese presence in India and as a champion of the Konkani language. ==Life in Portugal== Joaquim Heliodoro da Cunha Rivara was born in Arraiolos, eldest son of António Francisco Rivara and Maria Isabel da Cunha Feio Castelo Branco. His father was a doctor of Genoese origin, and was a student at Casa Pia de Lisboa, while his mother was of Spanish origin. After preparatory studies in Évora, where he studied languages and humanities, and courses in Mathematics and Philosophy at the University of Coimbra, where he enrolled in the year 1824, he moved in 1827 to the course of medicine at the same university, graduating in the year 1836. Suspension of classes as a result of the Portuguese Civil War (1828–1834) delayed his graduation.〔Maria Filomena Mónica (coordenadora), ''Dicionário Biográfico Parlamentar (1834–1910)'', vol. III, pp. 477–479. Lisboa : Assembleia da República, 2006 (ISBN 972 671167-3).〕 However, he was not attracted to clinical practice and therefore chose an administrative career in the Civil Government of Évora, which he joined in 1837 as administrative officer of its secretariat. In October of that year was appointed Professor of Rational and Moral Philosophy of the Liceu de Évora, where he could indulge his taste for the humanities and his love for books. In 1838 he was appointed by the government of Queen Maria II of Portugal as Director of the Public Library of Évora, the first director of the institution appointed by the state and the first layman to occupy the position. Over the more than 15 years of his service (1838–1855), he distinguished himself as a librarian and bibliophile, reorganized the library and published its catalog. He built a new wing with a capacity of 8,000 books, carried out a complete repair of the building, brought in more than 10,000 volumes from defunct convents, besides donating also several books from his own private library. Because of the shortage of employees, he catalogued all these volumes himself. In this capacity he discovered the ''Manifesto sumário para os que ignoram poder-se navegar pelo elemento do ar'' of Bartolomeu Lourenço de Gusmão, published in 1849 by Canon Francisco Freire de Carvalho.〔LEPSCH, Inaldo Cassiano Silveira. Taunay e o Padre Voador. Itu: Ottoni Editora, 2005, p. 87.〕 At the same time devoted himself to journalism, and published in various periodicals, especially the ''Panorama'' and the ''Revista Universal''. He also devoted himself to the translation of articles from the ''Revue des Deux Mondes'' and corresponded with some of the most prominent Portuguese intellectuals of his time. Having gained a reputation as an intellectual and author of numerous publications, despite withdrawing from active politics, in the general elections of December 1852 he was elected from Evora for the 9th legislative assembly (1853–1856), and took his oath on 31 January 1853. In the Parliament he was a member of the commissions for administration, agriculture and public health, and later also that of the Treasury. His parliamentary activity focused primarily on representing the interests of his constituency.〔Maria Filomena Mónica.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Joaquim Heliodoro da Cunha Rivara」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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