Manuel António Lino

Manuel António Lino (4 January 1865, in Angra do Heroísmo – 15 June 1927, in Angra do Heroísmo) was a physician, politician, poet and dramatist, who became Civil Governor of the District of Horta, Portugal in 1906.

Early life Manuel António Lino was born in the city of Angra, son of Manuel António Lino (Sr.) and Maria Laureana do Carmo Soares, both natives of the island of Pico.

Career A bust of Dr. Manuel António Lino, in the Duke of Terceira Garden in Angra do Heroismo In 1889, he was invited by the Junta Geral of Angra to participate in a foreign study on the setup and operation of disinfection posts. Florêncio Terra also spoke, and two days later, published a notable eulogy for Lino, who he considered intelligent, illustrious, modest and coy, noble of character and a valuable medic who, although young, had already provided incalculable services in public health, referring to his work on the bubonic plague in Porto and the rest of the country. Terra's op-ed served to justify the nomination. The A União of Angra, had little worries that Lino would be able to fulfill his duties, writing that his political naivety would serve him in bringing new thinking into a public administration. Other publications, like the O Tempo (also from Angra) noted that Lino would fall inline to repeated insistences of João Franco, to whom he owed his position. At the same time, it considered Lino him a sincere person to which party politics could not taint.

Arriving just before the municipal elections, expressly won by the Franco faction, Lino quickly began visiting the principal localities of the four islands. He was also in front of popular support, responsible for the domestic supply of water and electricity to the city, even as his role was short. It is unclear.

Later life He dedicated that latter part of his life to horticulture, poetry, painting, music and theatre, writing various operettas and comedies, as well as translating foreign pieces of drama into Portuguese.

He died in his native land. The municipal council of Angra do Heroísmo decided to honour him by installing, on 16 October 1949, a marble bust in the Duke of Terceira Garden. On the platform were dedications that read: "DR. LINO/ 1865-1927 /Cultivou / As Flores/ As Letras / A Música" Dr. Lino, 1865-1927, [He] cultivated the flowers, the letters and music".