Andrade (Francisco de)

He was the son of Francisco de Andrade and was born in Funchal on 6 June 1806. He completed in this city all the studies that were available here in his day. By decree of 4 September 1838 he was appointed permanent holder of the chair of Portuguese and Latin grammar, and Portuguese and Latin classics, at the national lyceum (state secondary school) of Funchal. He had previously held the same post on an interim basis, by virtue of a letter from the Provincial Council of Public Instruction (Conselho Provincial de Instrução Pública) of 23 March of the same year. Works: Princípios de Gramática Portuguesa (Funchal, 1844); Grammatica Portuguesa das Escholas Primarias, a work that ran to five editions, the first in 1849 and the last in 1879; and Relatório sobre as escholas municipaes de instrução primaria do concelho do Funchal... (Funchal, 1849). He was a councillor (vereador) of the Municipal Council (Câmara Municipal), secretary and rector of the lyceum, and one of the most distinguished teachers this secondary school ever had. He left some works in manuscript. He died in Funchal on 23 February 1881.