Benoit, Francine Germaine van Gool (fem) 30.jul.1894-27.jan.1990 France, Perigueux - Portugal, Lisbon
pianist, choral conductor, 1906 moved with her parents to Portugal, 1929 took Portuguese nationality, studied piano with Alejandro Rey Colaco and composition with Antonio Eduardo da Costa Ferreira at the National Conservatory in Lisbon, 1917-1918 studied with Vincent d'Indy at the Schola Cantorum in Paris, 1926 music critic for the daily newspaper Diario de Lisboa, 1955 teacher at Academia dos Amadores de Musica in Lisbon