Jaime Valfredo Rangel
Francisco Newton João Vicente da Piedade Jaime Valfredo Rangel (13 February 1897 – 6 July 1959) was a Portuguese medical practitioner, director of Tipografia Rangel (Rangel Printing Press), president of the Municipal Council of Bardez (Mayor of Bardez) and a delegate to the International Labour Organization for Portugal. Throughout the course of his career as the owner and director of Tipografia Rangel, Rangel was responsible for the publication of thousands of books important to Portuguese Literature and Goan Literature and publication of Portuguese newspaper O Independente and the archives of Goa Medical College (then known as the Arquivos da Escola Medico Cirurgica de Nova Goa) for which he was the editor. Tipografia Rangel was one of the first private printing presses in Portuguese India and was a leader in the publishing of Portuguese Literature in Portuguese India prior to the Annexation of Goa in 1961. Early life Jaime Valfredo Rangel was born in Bastora, Bardez, Goa to Goan Catholic parents. He was the eldest son of the Vicente Joao Janin Rangel, founder of Tipografia Rangel, and Augusta Udobildes Correia Lobo e Rangel. His father was originally from Piedade, Goa moved to Bastora, Goa and founded Tipografia Rangel in 1886. Jaime