It portrays a Man who collected stamps and “collected” other items of historical interest, who claimed to be a music enthusiast, enjoyed travelling, was learned, refined, urbane and a captivating conversationalist.  The diversity and reach of the Historian’s extensive oeuvre, in the precision of the years of publication and study types, is evident in the Bibliographies on him. (Maria F. Andrade e João A. Dias, Estudos de História… [Studies of History…], 1982, pp. 39-97; Idem, Na Jubilação Universitária…, 2003, pp. 185-238; Manuela Rêgo, …50 anos de Historiador… [ Fifty Years as a Historian], 2007, pp. 59-197).

The great merit of this Historian was acknowledged both in Portugal and abroad. In 1982, on the 25th anniversary of his teaching career and of the publication of his first history essay, his students organised a ceremony which was graced with the presence of the President of the Republic where Oliveira Marques was gifted with two volumes of the Estudos de História de Portugal which paid tribute to him. In 1998, he was awarded the Grã-Cruz da Ordem da Liberdade [the Cross of the Order of Liberty] by the President of the Republic. On the occasion of his retirement, in a solemn act held at the Faculdade de Letras da Universidade de Coimbra [Faculty of Arts of the University of Coimbra], he was presented with a book featuring statements and contributions for reading and reflection on his work by other experts, grouped thematically. Following his death, the Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal hosted an exhibition on his work with the publication of the respective Catalogue. The city of Lisbon, the village of Cascais and São Pedro do Estoril, remember him fondly and honour him by naming places and schools after him. The translation and publication of his books abroad are proof of his international renown; in 1997, he was awarded an honorary doctorate by the La Trobe University, in Melbourne, Australia. And the Association for Spanish and Portuguese Historical Studies in the United States named an award after him, conferred every year to the best work on Portuguese history.

A. H. de Oliveira Marques left his imprint on the historians of his time, on those of the present and undoubtedly will influence those of times to come with the legacy of a scientific historiography of reference, particularly in the medieval and contemporary periods. A Historian who was a proficient Master and creator of disciples, who efficiently led projects and collective works, who encouraged many young people to undertake research and the writing of history, binding several generations.  He was a Historian who, both orally and in writing, projected the knowledge of the history of Portugal across several countries in Europe, America and Asia, and whose name features amongst the great disseminators of Portuguese History and Culture worldwide.

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