Son of Joaquim José Ribeiro and D. Maria Benedicta Montez. His paternal grandfather, António Maximiano Ribeiro, was a judge of the people of the Casa dos Vinte e Quatro, of the flag of S. Miguel, of the cerieiros. His maternal grandfather, André Montez Garcia, was a merchant and his maternal grandmother, Benedicta Rasore, was of Genoese origin. His godfather was António Xavier Pinto de Campos, an official of the Court of Appeal and a playwright. After completing his commercial studies at the Industrial and Commercial Institute of Lisbon in 1880, he was appointed, by decree of 28 November 1882, clerk at the Hospital de S. José. He held this position until September 1891, when, at his own request, he was transferred to the accounting department of the Misericórdia de Lisboa, where he took up the position of archivist. In January 1910, he was put in charge of organising and cataloguing the respective historical archive. Between 1888 and 1896, he was a secondary school teacher.

A writer and journalist, he contributed to many newspapers and journals of his time, listed by Inocêncio Francisco da Silva and Esteves Pereira and Guilherme Rodrigues, in chronological order of publication: Diário de Portugal, 1882; Verdade, de Tomar, 1882-1887; Direito, do Funchal, 1883; Transmontano, de Vila Real, 1884; Sciencia para todos, 1882-1883; Occidente, 1883-1907; Era Nova, 1884; Commercio e Industria, 1884; Illustração de Portugal e Brasil, 1885; O explorador, 1885; Atheneu Comercial, 1885- 1886; Debates, 1888; Revista popular de conhecimentos úteis, 1888; A moda ilustrada, 1894; O Commercio, 1898; The Voice of the Clerk, 1900; News Diary, 1901; Brazil-Portugal, 1902; Elegant Lisbon, 1902; Evenings, 1905-1911; Illustração Portugueza (Portuguese Illustration), 1906-1907; Archivo Histórico Portuguez (Portuguese Historical Archive), 1907-1911; Boletim da Real Associação dos Architectos e Archeologos Portuguezes (Bulletin of the Royal Association of Portuguese Architects and Archaeologists), 1900-1907; O Instituto, de Coimbra (The Institute, of Coimbra), 1901-1907. On the centenary of António Feliciano de Castilho (1st Viscount of Castilho), on 26 January 1900, he edited a commemorative publication.

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