José Leite de Vasconcelos, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

José Leite de Vasconcelos

Ethnographer, Author

Date of Birth: 07-Jul-1858

Place of Birth: Ucanha, Viseu District, Portugal

Date of Death: 17-May-1941

Profession: writer, university teacher, romanist, academic, archaeologist, anthropologist, ethnographer, philologist, linguist

Nationality: Portugal

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

José Leite de Vasconcelos Cardoso Pereira de Melo (7 July 1858 – 17 May 1941) was a Portuguese ethnographer, archaeologist and prolific author who wrote extensively on Portuguese philology and prehistory.
He was the founder and the first director of the Portuguese National Museum of Archaeology.