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Manuel Teixeira

Jesuit linguist · Portugal · On the map · Academics · Lived 1912 to 2003 · aged 91

Manuel Teixeira was a diocesan priest of the Diocese of Macao, a historian and the leading expert in the Kristang language. He authored A Grammar of Kristang, published in the 1950s. He lived most of his life in Macau, where he arrived in 1924 to begin studies for the priesthood, returning to Portugal in 2001.

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Commander of the Order of Prince Henry
Grand Officer of the Order of Prince Henry
Grand Cross of the Military Order of Saint James of the Sword
Commander of the Military Order of Saint James of the Sword
Officer of the Order of the Colonial Empire

About this person

Country
Portugal
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1912 to 2003 · aged 91