Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Civil Engineer Person An individual. Birth Date 1812 Death Date 1872 Training Institution École des Ponts et Chaussées, Paris Occupation Civil Engineer Biographical Text Joaquim Nunes de Aguiar was a Portuguese engineer born in 1812. His training began in commercial studies, driven by his family's desire to see him pursue the financial career. However, at the age of 34, between c. 1846 and 1849, he went to Paris to study engineering at the École des Ponts et Chaussées. Returned to Portugal, he joined the public works services of the City Council in Funchal, Madeira. In 1850 he moved to Lisbon, but the lack of work for engineers, adding to his non-military education and lack of acquaintances in the public administration, made him accept a job as secretary of the Civil Governor of Santarém. Only in 1852, with the foundation of the Ministry of Public Works, Commerce and Industry, did he return to the activity of engineer on behalf of the government. In 1856 he worked with Valentim Evaristo do Rego at the Commission for the Railway of Santarém to the border, in Spain. He played a major role in the beginning of the construction of Railways in Portugal, being the government fiscal inspector responsible for supervising the construction of the “Linha do Leste”, which connected Lisbon to Badajoz, in Spain. He also worked on the Lisbon water supply project in 1864 and was part of the World Exhibition of 1867 Preparation Commission, which was held in Paris. He was the member number 65 of the Association of Portuguese Civil Engineers. Joaquim Nunes de Aguiar died in 1872. Bibliography ABRAGÃO, F. (1956). No Centenário dos Caminhos de Ferro de Portugal. Gazeta dos Caminhos de Ferro, Nº1650, pp. 407-424. CARDOSO DE MATOS, A. (2009). Asserting the Portuguese Civil Engineering Identity, The Role Played by the École des ponts et chaussées. In CARDOSO DE MATOS, A., PAULA DIOGO, M., GOUZEVITCH, I., GRELON, A. (ed.). The Quest for a Professional Identity, Engineers between Training and Action. Lisboa, Colibri, pp. 177-209. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Joaquim Nunes de Aguiar Profile Subject The topic of the resource Individual Actors, Technician, Civil Engineer, Joaquim Nunes de Aguiar Description An account of the resource Joaquim Nunes de Aguiar Profile Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource PT BUILDS Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Gazeta dos Caminhos de Ferro CARDOSO DE MATOS, A., PAULA DIOGO, M., GOUZEVITCH, I., GRELON, A. (2009). The Quest for a Professional Identity, Engineers between Training and Action. Lisboa, Colibri. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available PT BUILDS Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2020-07-20 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource PT BUILDS Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource TEXT Language A language of the resource ENG Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context IA87DOC1 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1812-1872, Portugal