António Cordeiro

António Cordeiro
Bornc. 1641
Angra do Heroísmo (Azores), Kingdom of Portugal
Died2 February, 1722 (aged 8081)
Lisbon, Kingdom of Portugal
OccupationPriest
LanguagePortuguese
Alma materUniversity of Coimbra
Period1696-1717
GenreHistory, Geography, Ethnography
SubjectAzores, Theology, Philosophy
Notable worksMoral Teológica (1696)
Cursus Philosophicus Conimbricensis (1714)
In Proecipium Partium D. Thomae Theologia Scholastica (1716)
Historia Insulana das Ilhas a Portugal Sujeitas no Oceano Ocidental (1717)
Relatives
  • António Cordeiro Moitoso (father)
  • Maria Espinosa (mother)

António Cordeiro (c.1641; Angra – 2 February 1722; Lisbon) was a Portuguese Catholic priest in the Society of Jesus, Azorean historian, author of the classical chronicle Historia Insulana, and first to publish a public opinion on the form of governance for the archipelago of the Azores.