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German academic
Carolina Michaelis de Vasconcelos
, born
Karoline Michaelis
(15 March 1851 ? 18 November 1925) was a
German
-
Portuguese
romanist
.
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Early life, education and private life
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Michaelis was born in
Berlin
as the last of five children of
Gustav Michaelis
, a mathematics teacher.
In 1876 she married Joaquim Antonio da Fonseca Vasconcelos, founder of Portuguese art history writing.
Academic career
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In 1911, she became the first female professor in
Romance studies
and
German studies
, at the
Faculdade de Letras
at the
university of Lisbon
. She was one of the first women in Portugal who were concerned with women's subordinate status and in particular about improving the educational opportunities for
Women in Portugal
together with
Francisca Wood
,
Maria Carvalho
,
Alice Pestana
,
Alice Moderno
,
Angelina Vidal
,
Antonia Pusich
and
Guiomar Torrezao
.
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Death, honours and commemoration
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Michaelis de Vasconcelos died in
Porto
in November 1925.
Several schools and streets have been named in her honour in both Portugal and Germany.
The
Porto Metro
station
Carolina Michaelis
is on lines A, B, C, E, or F.
In 2001 Portugal issued a
postage stamp
to commemorate her 150th anniversary.
Works
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- Poesias de Sa de Miranda, (Poetry of Sa de Miranda), 1885
- Historia da Literatura Portuguesa, (History of Portuguese Literature), 1897
- A Infanta D. Maria de Portugal e as suas Damas (1521-1577), (The
Infanta Maria of Portugal
and her Ladies), 1902
- Cancioneiro da Ajuda (2 volumes), (Poetry Anthology of Ajuda) 1904
- Dicionario Etimologico das Linguas Hispanicas, (Etymological Dictionary of Hispanic Languages)
- Estudos sobre o Romanceiro Peninsular: Romances Velhos em Portugal, (Studies on the Peninsular Romanceiro: Old Romances in Portugal)
- As Cem Melhores Poesias Liricas da Lingua Portuguesa, (The Hundred Best Lyric Poems of the Portuguese Language ), 1914
- A Saudade Portuguesa, (The Portuguese
Nostalgia/Melancholy
), 1914
- Notas Vicentinas: Preliminares de uma Edicao Critica das Obras de Gil Vicente, (Vincentian Notes: Preliminaries of a Critical Edition of the Works of Gil Vicente), 1920-1922
- Autos Portugueses de Gil Vicente y de la Escuela Vicentina, 1922
- Mil Proverbios Portugueses (A Thousand Portuguese Proverbs)
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