Francisco Manuel Homem Cristo
Francisco Manuel Homem Christo (8 March 1860 – 25 February 1943) was a Portuguese military and political republican. He was distinguished as one of the officers of the Portuguese Army involved in the events surrounding the Anglo-Portuguese Treaty of 1891.[1]
Accused of having betrayed the republican ideals in 1910, he found himself forced into exile in France.
He is the great-great-grandfather of Guy-Manuel de Homem Christo, one half of the electronic music duo Daft Punk.[2]
Publications
- The events of January 31 and my imprisonment
- Pro-Patria
- Political banditry
- Letters from afar: I - Secondary education in Portugal and France
- Letters from afar: II - In defense of the instruction of the people
- Monarchists and Republicans
- Bolshevism in Russia
- Notes of my life and my time (7 volumes)
References
- Biography note.
- Delassus, Pauline (19 February 2014). "Bas les casques. Le vrai visage de Daft Punk - Paris Match" (in French). Paris Match. Retrieved 2014-04-04.
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