Nicolau Tolentino de Almeida, Portuguese poet and author (born 1740)

Nicolau Tolentino de Almeida

Portuguese writer (1740–1811)

Nicolau Tolentino de Almeida, from Lisbon, was the foremost Portuguese satirical poet of the 18th century. Beginning at age 20, Tolentino studied law for three years at the University of Coimbra; he then ended those studies to teach rhetoric. He was sent to Lisbon in 1776 to…