Pedro Nolasco da Silva
Pedro Nolasco da Silva | |
|---|---|
da Silva in 1908 | |
| President of the Municipal Council of Macau | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 6 May 1842 Portuguese Macau |
| Died | 12 October 1912 (aged 70) Portuguese Macau |
| Nationality | Portuguese |
| Spouse |
Edith Maria Angier (m. 1868) |
| Alma mater | St. Joseph's Seminary, São Lourenço, Macau |
| Occupation | Writer, 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.