The Order of Public Instruction is a Portuguese order of civil merit. Established in 1927, it is conferred upon deserving individuals for "high services rendered to education and teaching."Order of Public Instruction – History (in Portuguese)
The following is a list of recipients of the order's highest grade, Grand Cross.
Source for the list: "Entidades Nacionais Agraciadas com Ordens Portuguesas", Ordens Honoríficas Portuguesas (Office of the President of Portugal). Retrieved 19 February 2019.
Portuguese recipients NameDateAcademic rank or professionDr Pedro José da Cunha24 May 1927José Caeiro da Mata13 January 1930Professor DoutorAlexandre Alberto de Sousa Pinto21 March 1930ArchitectGuilhermina Bataglia Ramos10 April 1930Dr Domingos Fezas Vital22 September 1930José Leite de Vasconcelos Pereira de Melo22 October 1930Gustavo Cordeiro Ramos31 December 1930Professor DoutorAquiles Alfredo da Silveira Machado20 March 1931ProfessorColégio Militar26 August 1931Count José Capelo Franco Frazão5 October 1931António Faria Carneiro Pacheco5 October 1933ProfessorDr João Duarte de Oliveira1 August 1934Abel Pereira de Andrade20 June 1936ProfessorMajor Victor Hugo Duarte de Lemos11 February 1937José Pereira Salgado28 May 1937Luis Wittnich Carrisso3 September 1937ProfessorDr Angelo Rodrigues da Fonseca2 June 1938João Alberto Pereira de Azevedo Neves2 June 1938SenatorFrancisco José Nobre Guedes18 July 1938EngineerAgostinho Celso de Azevedo Campos14 February 1940ProfessorBishop José Alves Matoso25 May 1940António Luis de Morais Sarmento21 August 1940SenatorAntónio Augusto Esteves Mendes Correia26 July 1941ProfessorMarcelo José das Neves Alves Caetano31 October 1944Professor DoutorJosé Gabriel Pinto Coelho3 March 1945General José Justino Teixeira Botelho10 May 1945Moisés Bensabat Amzalak Amzalak15 May 1945Professor DoutorLiceu Literário Português do Rio de Janeiro25 September 1945Dr Amândio Joaquim Tavares10 March 1947Mário de Figueiredo22 March 1948Professor DoutorSociedade de Geografia de Libboa24 November 1950Luiz da Câmara Pinto Coelho24 January 1952AmbassadorElisa Batista de Sousa Pedroso16 November 1954Fernando Duarte Silva de Almeida Ribeiro4 January 1955ProfessorAntónio Augusto Gonçalves Rodrigues23 May 1957Maximino José de Morais Correia26 August 1957Francisco de Paula Leite Pinto5 July 1960Professor EngenheiroMaria Batista dos Santos Guardiola2 January 1967Inocêncio Galvão Teles8 February 1967Professor DoutorJosé Hermano Saraiva14 February 1970Professor DoutorJoão de Castro Mendes4 May 1983Professor DoutorJacinto Almeida do Prado Coelho3 August 1983Professor Universitário Fernando José Maria de Melo Manuel da Câmara de Moser29 August 1984Professor DoutorCarlos Alberto da Mota Pinto24 August 1985Professor DoutorDr António Augusto Ferreira de Macedo16 May 1986António Simões Lopes13 November 1987Professor DoutorLuis António de Oliveira Ramos25 January 1988Professor DoutorAdérito de Oliveira Sedas Nunes6 April 1988Professor DoutorJosé Sebastião da Silva Dias28 June 1988Professor DoutorLuis Filipe Lindley Cintra28 June 1988Professor DoutorAntónio Manuel Pinto Barbosa4 February 1989Professor DoutorÓscar Luso de Freitas Lopes12 April 1989Professor DoutorCarlos Manuel Leitão Baeta Neves13 July 1990Professor DoutorAntónio Arruda Ferrer Correia30 August 1990Professor DoutorJosé Veiga Simão26 March 1991Professor DoutorAbílio Dias Fernandes10 June 1992Professor DoutorJosé Augusto Rodrigues França10 November 1992Professor DoutorFernando Nunes Ferreira Real19 May 1994Professor DoutorManuel Bernardo Barbosa Soeiro9 June 1995Professor DoutorFernando Vieira Gonçalves da Silva9 June 1995Professor DoutorSérgio Machado dos Santos9 June 1995Professor DoutorManuel Jacinto Nunes23 January 1996Professor DoutorJoão Evangelista Loureiro8 June 1996Professor DoutorJoaquim José Barbosa Romero22 December 1997Professor DoutorCarlos Alberto Lloyd Braga29 October 1998Professor DoutorManuel Gomes Guerreiro28 March 2000Professor DoutorDr Arquimedes da Silva Santos1 October 2001António Manuel Sampaio de Araújo Teixeira19 October 2001Professor DoutorVirgílio Alberto Meira Soares28 May 2002Professor DoutorJoaquim Cerqueira Gonçalves9 June 2002Professor DoutorRogério António Fernandes9 June 2002Professor DoutorDr António Carvalho de Almeida Coimbra2 October 2002Maria Beatriz Pinto de Sousa Amorim Rocha Trindade8 March 2003Professora DoutoraAlberto José Nunes Correia Ralha27 August 2003Professor DoutorJoão Manuel Cotelo Neiva17 October 2003Professor DoutorFernando Roldão Dias Agudo1 March 2004Professor DoutorAloísio Coelho5 April 2004Professor DoutorJoaquim Augusto Ribeiro Sarmento31 May 2004Professor DoutorEduardo da Cruz Gomes Cardoso9 June 2004Professor DoutorFrancisco Xavier Miranda de Avillez9 June 2004Professor DoutorVitor Manuel de Aguiar e Silva4 October 2004Professor DoutorManuel Rodrigues Gomes9 March 2005Professor DoutorStephen Ronald Stoer4 October 2005Professor DoutorAntónio Manuel Seixas Sampaio da Nóvoa4 October 2005Professor DoutorAntónio Francisco de Carvalho Quintela17 January 2006Professor EngenheiroJosé Henrique da Costa Ferreira Marques17 January 2006Professor DoutorManuel Leal da Costa Lobo17 January 2006Professor DoutorJúlio Domingos Pedrosa da Luz Jesus8 June 2009Professor DoutorMajor-General Cândido Manuel Passos Morgado6 February 2010Fernando Manuel Ramôa Ribeiro10 June 2011Professor DoutorFernando Seabra Santos10 June 2011Professor DoutorManuel José dos Santos Silva10 June 2011Professor DoutorAvelino de Freitas de Meneses10 June 2011Professor DoutorAntónio Manuel da Cruz Serra7 June 2013Professor DoutorJoaquim Pedro Pereira Amaro7 June 2013Professor DoutorLuís Francisco Valente de Oliveira28 June 2013Professor DoutorJorge Quina Ribeiro de Araújo9 June 2014Professor DoutorJosé Carlos Diogo Marques dos Santos20 June 2014Professor DoutorMaria Helena Vaz de Carvalho Nazaré14 April 2015Professora DoutoraMaria da Glória Ferreira Pinto Dias Garcia14 October 2016Professora DoutoraDaniel José Branco Sampaio26 October 2016Professor DoutorÁlvaro Joaquim de Melo Siza Vieira6 April 2017ArchitectJosé António Rebocho Esperança Pina19 April 2017Professor CatedráticoJorge Manuel Moura Loureiro de Miranda20 April 2017Professor DoutorRoberto Artur da Luz Carneiro10 May 2017Professor DoutorAntónio Manuel Bensabat Rendas21 November 2017Professor DoutorMaria Odette Santos Ferreira21 December 2017Professora DoutoraNuno Tornelli Cordeiro Ferreira15 January 2018Professor DoutorJosé Manuel Sérvulo Correia7 February 2018Professor DoutorRómulo Vasco da Gama de Carvalho26 February 2018Manuel de Jesus Antunes20 July 2018Professor DoutorAntónio Augusto Magalhães Cunha30 July 2018Professor DoutorManuel António Cotão de Assunção30 July 2018Professor DoutorSabastião José Cabral Feyo de Azevedo30 July 2018Professor DoutorWalter Friedrich Alfred Osswald24 October 2018Professor Doutor
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