Pedro de Merelim

Pedro de Merelim
Born Joaquim Gomes da Cunha
c. 1913
São Pedro de Merelim, Braga, Kingdom of Portugal
Died 2002 (aged 8889)
Angra do Heroísmo (Azores), Portugal
Occupation Historian/Ethnographer
Language Portuguese
Nationality Portuguese
Citizenship Portuguese
Period 1948-11996
Genre History, Geography, Ethnography
Subject Azores, Theology, Philosophy

Pedro de Merelim was a pseudonym of the Portuguese historian and ethnographer Joaquim Gomes da Cunha (1913 in São Pedro de Merelim, Portugal 2002 in Angra do Heroísmo, Azores).

He was born in the civil parish of São Pedro de Merelim in the municipality of Braga.

He signed-on with the Corpo Expedicionário (Expeditionary Corp) that travelled to the archipelago during the Second World War, and later settled in Angra do Heroísmo, where he became an important investigator, into works of history and local traditions/culture, publishing several volumes on these themes.

Published works

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