António Lino Neto

António Lino Neto (Mação, 30 January 1873 – 16 November 1961) was a Portuguese Catholic politician, lawyer and professor of Political Economy. He was politically active during the end of the Constitutional Monarchy, the First Republic and the beginning of the Estado Novo. He was the president of the Catholic Centre Party. He went to the Seminary in Portalegre, and then studied Law in the University of Coimbra (from 1894 to 1899). In 1901 he marries his wife, Maria Matilde da Cruz Antunes de Mendonça. His office, as lawyer, was located in Rua Nova do Almada. He would be vice-rector of the Technical University of Lisbon from 1938 to 1943.

Lino Neto was a close friend of Guerra Junqueiro, António Sérgio and poet Afonso Lopes Vieira.

Writings

Various pieces for O Distrito de Portalegre – 1894/1904 O quinhão económico da vida – The economic share of life – 1940 Adam Smith – Fundador da Economia Política – Adam Smith – The Founder of Political Economy – 1936 A Questão Agrária – The Agrarian Issue – 1908 A Questão Administrativa (o Municipalismo em Portugal) - The Administrative Issue (Municipalism in Portugal) – 1911 Elementos de Economia Política – Elements of Political Economy – 1935/1936