Background
Pires, Antonio Manuel Bettencourt Machado was born on November 17, 1942 in Angra Heroismo,, Azores, Portugal. Son of Teotonio Machado and Maria Adelaide Lemos (Bettencourt) Pires.
Pires, Antonio Manuel Bettencourt Machado was born on November 17, 1942 in Angra Heroismo,, Azores, Portugal. Son of Teotonio Machado and Maria Adelaide Lemos (Bettencourt) Pires.
Master, Lisbon University, 1966. Master, Ciencias Pedagogicas, 1966. Attending, University Azores, since 1979.
Assistant professor Lisbon University, Portugal, 1967—1975. Teacher Angra High School, Terceira, Azores, 1975—1976. Assistant professor University Azores, Ponta Delgada, 1976—1979, associate professor, 1979—1983, professor literature, 1979.
Assistant professor Lisbon University, Portugal, 1967—1975, director language & literature department, 1977, collaborator teacher formation department, 1976—1978, vice rector, 1980—1982, rector, 1982.
Consultor Vogalia education Junta Regional Do Governo Dos Acores, 1975. Founder cooperative University Azores, Portguese University, International University, 1975. Organizer Centenary Alexandre Herculano, Azores, 1977.
Chief speaker 450 Years Angra City, 1984. Member of Centro Estudos XIX Century, Central Gremio Literario., Institute Cultural Ponta Delgada, Institute Historico Ilha Terceira, Member Committee Rectors Portguese University, Terceira International Golf Club.
Married Maria Margarida Palhinha Machado, August 11, 1965. Children: Maria, Francisca, Maria Margarida.