António de Gouveia

António de Gouveia
Bornc. 1505
DiedMarch 1566
NationalityPortuguese
Occupation(s)Humanist, educator

António de Gouveia (c.1505 March 1566) was a Portuguese humanist and educator during the Renaissance.

Gouveia was born in Beja. After graduating in Paris he taught at the Collège de Guyenne in Bordeaux, and then at Toulouse, Avignon, Lyon, Cahors, Valence, Grenoble, Turin and Mondovi. His controversy with Pierre de la Ramée about Aristotle became famous. He wrote literary and philosophical works, having correspondeded with most of the writers of his time. He was brother to André de Gouveia and nephew of Diogo de Gouveia the elder.