Guerra Junqueiro
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Abilio Manuel Guerra Junqueiro (September 17, 1850—July 7, 1923) was a Portuguese lawyer for the University of Coimbra, a high administrative employee, politician, member of the Portuguese House of Representatives, journalist, author and poet. His work most famously lead to the creation of the Portuguese Republic. Junqueiro wrote highly satiric poems criticizing conservatism, romanticism, and the Church, earning him par excellence of the Portuguese Revolution of 1910.
Born in Freixo de Espada à Cinta, Trás-os-Montes, Portugal to José António Junqueiro Júnior, a supply trader and farmer, and Ana Maria Guerra. His mother died when he was only three years old.
After marrying Filomena Augusta da Silva Neves in 1880, the couple had two children; Maria Isabel Guerra Junqueiro in 1880 and Júlia Guerra Junqueiro in 1881.
He died in Lisbon at the age of 73.
