Pedro Nolasco da Silva

Pedro Nolasco da Silva
da Silva in 1908
President of the Municipal Council of Macau
Personal details
Born(1842-05-06)6 May 1842
Portuguese Macau
Died12 October 1912(1912-10-12) (aged 70)
Portuguese Macau
NationalityPortuguese
Spouse
Edith Maria Angier
(m. 1868)
Alma materSt. Joseph's Seminary, São Lourenço, Macau
OccupationWriter, translator, teacher, civil servant and politician

Pedro Nolasco da Silva CvC (6 May 1842 – 12 October 1912) was a Macanese interpreter-translator, teacher, civil servant, writer, journalist and politician. Amongst other important positions, he was President of the Municipal Council of Macau (Portuguese: Leal Senado; Chinese: 澳門市政廳), founding partner and president of the Association Promoting the Instruction of Macanese (Portuguese: Associação Promotora da Instrução dos Macaenses, APIM), founder and director of the Pedro Nolasco Commercial School (Portuguese: Escola Comercial Pedro Nolasco), head of the Repartição Tecnica de Expediente Sínico de Macau (transl.Chinese Bureau Technical Department) and patron of the Holy House of Mercy (Portuguese: Santa Casa da Misericórdia; Chinese: 仁慈堂大樓) of Macau.