Para a história do humanismo em Portugal Vol. 5

Américo da Costa Ramalho (1921-2013), natural de Almeida, foi um distinto aluno do Liceu D. João III, licenciou-se em 1945 em Filologia Clássica, na Faculdade de Letras da Universidade de Coimbra, com 18 valores. Foi bolseiro do Instituto de Alta Cultura na Universidade de Oxford (1947-1949), onde teve mestres eminentes, como Fraenkel, Dodds, Denniston. Em 1954, foi nomeado Professor Catedrático da Faculdade de Letras da Universidade de Coimbra, tendo ensinado, entre 1959-1962, na New York University como “Visiting Professor of Portuguese”. Iniciando o seu insigne cursus honorum universitário na área de Literatura Grega, o Professor Américo da Costa Ramalho impôs-se, na Academia nacional e internacional, pelo seu saber e vasta obra de referência na área de Literatura Neolatina, do Humanismo Português do Renascimento. Altos cargos desempenhou na sua Faculdade e na sua Universidade. Foi académico de número da Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, membro efectivo da Academia Portuguesa de História, membro da Hispanic Society of America, da Société des Études Latines (Paris), da Société Européene de Culture (Veneza) e da Real Academia de la Historia (Madrid). Foram-lhe atribuídos pela Academia Portuguesa de História o Prémio Laranjo Coelho e o Prémio de História Calouste Gulbenkian e “Presença de Portugal no Mundo”. Foi ainda agraciado com a Comenda da “Ordine al Merito della Republica Italiana”. 

Américo da Costa Ramalho (1921-2013), born in Almeida, was a distinguished student at D. João III High School, and a 1945 graduate in Classical Philosophy from the Faculty of Letters at the University of Coimbra with a mark of 18. He was grant-holder from the High Culture Institute of the University of Oxford (1947-1949), where he had eminent teachers, such as Fraenkel, Dodds, and Denniston. In 1954 he was appointed Professor at the Faculty of Letters of the University of Coimbra, having taught as Visiting Professor of Portuguese at New York University from 1959-1962. Beginning his remarkable career in the area of Greek Literature, Professor Américo da Costa Ramalho is noted amongst Portuguese and international academics for his knowledge and vast body of work in the area of Neo-Latin literature and Portuguese Renaissance Humanism. He also worked in important positions in both his Faculty and his University. He was member of the Lisbon Sciences Academy, was a permanent member of the Portuguese Academy of History, member of the Hispanic Society of America, and of the Société des Études Latines (Paris), the Société Européene de Culture (Venice) and the Real Academia de la Historia (Madrid). He was awarded the Laranja Coelho Prize by the Portuguese Academy of History, the Calouste Gulbenkian History Prize and “Presença de Portugal no Mundo”. He was also very fortunate to have been awarded a Commedation from “Ordine al Merito della Republica Italiana”.