Vincent Alvares
Vicente Alvares | |
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Vicente Alvares (c. 1680 – 19 November 1738) was a
Margão
on the 19th of November 1738.
Biography
Vincent Alvares was Son of Sr. António Rafael Álvares and Antónia Dias Husband of Joana Marcelina Correia and Úrsula Francisca Moniz Father of Manuel Caetano Alvares; Mariana Álvares; Maria Benedita Álvares; Ana Josefa Alvares e Barreto and Caetano José Álvares
Alvares was a Medical practitioner and
Margão on 19 November 1738.[3]
Family
Alvares was a descendant of Lourenço Alvares, a Brahmin from Querem who converted to
Roman Catholicism. His son, Manuel Caetano Alvares, was the first and only Goan to be given capelo gratuito of the Faculty of Medicine by an order issued by King Joseph I of Portugal
.
References
Bibliography
- The Island of Chorão (A Historical Sketch) By Francisco Xavier Gomes Catão, Mar Louis Memorial Press, Alwaye (1962)
- Health and Hygiene in Colonial Goa, 1510-1961 By Fatima da Silva Gracias (1994)