https://www.portugalbuilds.org/files/original/590ee7c63122c3a2411a592c1605ae38.jpg bcf5bfcfcd825fec147a2d65e7e49d8e 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 Roberto de Espregueira Mendes portrait Subject The topic of the resource Individual Actors, Technician, Military Engineer, Roberto de Espregueira Mendes Description An account of the resource Roberto de Espregueira Mendes portrait 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 (1941), n.º 1273, Janeiro. 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 2019-10-08 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Gazeta dos Caminhos de Ferro Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource JPEG Language A language of the resource ENG Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context IA12IMG1 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1941 Portugal 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 Military Engineer Person An individual. Birth Date 1899-04-08 Birthplace Viana do Castelo Death Date 1981 Occupation Military Engineer Teacher Training Institution Porto University Technical University Biographical Text Roberto de Espregueira Mendes was born in Viana do Castelo on April 8, 1899. He was the son of General Roberto Rodrigo Mendes. He attended the Alexandre Herculano Highschool and the Rodrigues de Freitas Highschool, both in Porto. He then went to the Faculty of Sciences of Porto University to attend the preparatory course of engineering. He joined the Technical University in 1919 and graduated in Civil Engineering in 1922. In 1923 he returned to the academic world being named 2nd Physics Assistant of the Faculty of Sciences of Porto University. The 1920s is marked by his entrance in the world of the railroads. In 1925, already as an engineer, he joined the Minho and Douro division of the Railways. Two years later, in 1927, he went to the Companhia dos Caminhos de Ferro Portugueses. In the 1930s and 1940s he worked for the Direção Geral dos Edifícios e Monumentos Nacionais. Of the main projects that he directed, it stands out the Casa da Moeda (Currency House) directed between 1933 and 1938, but also a considerable amount of new buildings for post offices, telegraphs and telephones. In 1938 he was promoted to Undersecretary of State for Public Works and Communications, a position he held until 1944. In this context he was, for example, in 1936, jury for the competitions for the monument of Infante D. Henrique, to be built in Sagres. In the late 1940s and early 1950s he returned to the railways. Between 1947 and 1968 he was Director General of the Companhia dos Caminhos de Ferro Portugueses. In 1950 he participated in the directors of the Railways congress in the Netherlands, in 1951 he participated in the subcommittee’s meetings of the International Union of Railways, in Sintra, and in 1953 he attended the presentation of two carriages of the Sud Expresso. In 1962 he represented the company at the International Congress of Railways in Munich. At the end of the 1960s, in 1968, he was appointed a member of a committee to review the Collective Labor Agreement for the Company, ordered by the Ministério das Corporações e Previdência Social. Espregueira Mendes is also the author of several literary works, among which Cem anos de Caminhos-de-Ferro na Literatura Portuguesa, from 1956, and A evolução histórica dos caminhos-de-ferro portugueses, from 1957. He was several times awarded, being made knighted by the Cavalry Order of the Holy Sepulcher of Jerusalem in 1951, rank of Grand Officer of the Military Order of Christ in 1939 and the Order of Prince Henry the Navigator in 1969. In the company that represented all his life he was honoured in 1956, on the ninth anniversary of his inauguration as Director General. Roberto de Espregueira Mendes died in 1981. Bibliography Gestão de Documentação e Informação (2016). Roberto de Espregueira Mendes. Antigos Estudantes Ilustres da Universidade do Porto. [online] Universidade do Porto. Available at: https://sigarra.up.pt/up/pt/web_base.gera_pagina?P_pagina=1032716 <span style="display: inline !important; float: none; background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; cursor: text; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">[Accessed 16 Jul. 2019] D'ORNELLAS, C. (1950). Engenheiro Espregueira Mendes. Gazeta dos Caminhos de Ferro, Nº 1490, p. 814. 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 Roberto de Espregueira Mendes Profile Subject The topic of the resource Individual Actors, Technician, Military Engineer, Roberto de Espregueira Mendes Description An account of the resource Roberto de Espregueira Mendes Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource PT BUILDS Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Universidade do Porto Gazeta dos Caminhos de Ferro 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 2017-07-16 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 IA12DOC1 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1899-1981, Portugal Item under construction - more information soon