Isidoro Francisco Guimarães

Isidoro Francisco Guimarães
84th Governor of Macau
In office
19 November 1851 – 22 June 1863
Preceded byFrancisco António Gonçalves Cardoso
Succeeded byJosé Rodrigues Coelho do Amaral
Personal details
Born(1808-04-19)19 April 1808
Lisbon, Portugal
Died17 January 1883(1883-01-17) (aged 74)
Lisbon, Portugal
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese基瑪良士
Simplified Chinese基玛良士
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinJīmǎliángshì
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutpinggei1 maa5 loeng4 si6

Isidoro Francisco Guimarães, 1st viscount of Praia Grande de Macau (19 April 1808 – 17 January 1883),[1] was a Portuguese colonial administrator who served as the governor of Macau from 1851 to 1863.[2] During his term, the gambling business in Macau was legalized in an attempt to generate revenues for the government.[3][4]

References

  1. ^ "Isidoro Francisco Guimarães, 1st viscount of Praia Grande de Macau". Geneall.
  2. ^ 澳門百科全書 附件三:人名錄. 澳門虛擬圖書館 (in Chinese). Retrieved 2020-03-28.
  3. ^ Ma, Sheng-mei (April 2011). "Dark Writ: Marginal and Magical Macao". Revista de Cultura (Edição Internacional) / Review of Culture (International Edition). Vol. 38. pp. 61–68.
  4. ^ Fei, Chengkang (1996). "7. A Sink of Iniquity". Macao 400 Years. The Publishing House of Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences – via Biblioteca Virtual de Macau.


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