Duarte, king of Portugal

Duarte (dwär`tə), 1391–1438, king of Portugal (1433–38), eldest of the five sons of John I. He was a "philosopher-king," notable for his legal reforms and as the author of O leal conselheiro [the loyal counselor]. Much concerned with exploration, he spurred on his brother Prince Henry the Navigator Henry the Navigator, 1394–1460, prince of Portugal, patron of exploration. Because he fought with extraordinary valor in the Portuguese conquest of Ceuta (1415), he was created duke of Viseu by his father, John I, king of Portugal.
..... Click the link for more information. with encouragement and financial aid. The disastrous defeat (1437) of Henry's expedition against Tangier was the major event of Duarte's reign.

Duarte, city, United States

Duarte (dwär`tē, dəwär`–), city (1990 pop. 20,688), Los Angeles co., S Calif.; settled c.1841, inc. 1957. It is a growing residential city with light industry and warehousing. The City of Hope National Medical Center is in Duarte.

The EPA was aware of our plans a decade ago, as we worked with (California) regulators to secure the right permits," Cemex spokeswoman Susana Duarte said Thursday.

CEMEX DISPUTING CLAIMS IN EPA SUIT by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)

The latest incident occurs at the site of a migrant labor camp where Duarte tries, and ultimately fails, to arrest a fugitive wanted on an illegal gun trafficking charge.

Field of Fire by Feit, Gloria / Reviewer's Bookwatch

City of Hope in Duarte has appointed Arti Hurria as director of the aging and cancer research program in the division of medical oncology and therapeutics research, and as assistant professor in the Hurria division of population sciences.

City of Hope in Duarte by Los Angeles Business Journal

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