MANOEL SEVERIM DE FARIA
\mˈanə͡ʊl sˈɛvəɹɪm də fˈe͡əɹiə], \mˈanəʊl sˈɛvəɹɪm də fˈeəɹiə], \m_ˈa_n_əʊ_l s_ˈɛ_v_ə_ɹ_ɪ_m d_ə f_ˈeə_ɹ_i__ə]\
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A Portuguese biographer, essayist, and scholar; born in Lisbon, 1583; died at Evora, Sept. 25, 1655. He devoted many years to the study of his country's literature, giving his researches and thought a lasting form in "Various Essays" (1624), containing appreciations and biographies of Camoens and other great writers. He also wrote "Jottings of Portugal" (1655).
By Charles Dudley Warner
