Rómulo Vasco da Gama de Carvalho was born on 24 November 1906 in Lisbon and died in the same city on 19 February 1997. He graduated in Physical and Chemical Sciences from the School of Sciences of the University of Op orto (1931) and, the following year, completed a degree in Pedagogical Sciences at the School of Arts and Humanities of the Classical University of Lisbon. In 1933, he completed his teaching internship in Lisbon at Camões Secondary School , where he taught until 1947, collaborating in the preparation of the reform of secondary education enacted that year. He moved to Pedro Nunes Secondary School (1948-1950) , and in 1950 , he was transferred to D. João III Secondary School (Coimbra) on a service contract. He returned to Pedro Nunes Secondary School in 1957, where he worked as a methodologist teacher in the Physics and Chemistry Group until his retirement in 1974, having influenced successive generations of teachers. On 11 May 1990, he became director of the Maynense Museum of the Academia das Ciências de Lisboa and two years later, he became a corresponding member of that Academy. At the age of 50 , he published his first book of poetry, achieving a prominent place in Portuguese culture under the pseudonym António Gedeão.

A many-sided personality, in addition to his remarkable poetic work, Rómulo de Carvalho excelled as a pedagogue, science communicator, historian of education and science, author of textbooks, essayist, fiction writer and playwright. He published a vast bibliography, spoke publicly in very different places (higher, secondary and basic education establishments, cultural institutions, factories … ), gave talks on the radio, and gave interviews to newspapers, radio , and television. He was co- editor of the pedagogical magazine Palestra [Lecture] , published by Pedro Nunes Secondary School (1965-1974) and of the Gazeta de Física [Physics Gazette] (1946-1959).

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