Person merchant philanthropist committee member
José Phelps
d. 1863/..
merchant · philanthropist · committee member · foreign resident
English merchant who settled in Madeira in the late 18th century, introduced Lancaster's mutual teaching, founded a Lancasterian school at his own expense and was first treasurer of the Associação Funchalense do Ensino Mútuo. He was also a founding member of the Associação Comercial do Funchal (1835) and paid for the opening of the Rua do Phelps; he died in England after 1863.
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- Princess Maria Amélia Hospice — Member of the hospice's founding administrative committee.
- Funchal Commercial Association — Member of the 1835 founding commission.
- Page (Roberto) — Page's partner in a Madeira wine house that still existed in 1840.
- Phelps (street) — English merchant who paid for the opening of the street named after him and lived in a large building on it.
- Picken (Andrew) — English merchant in Madeira who supplied information for the description in 'Madeira illustrated'.
- Lancasterian School — English resident who introduced Lancaster's mutual teaching to Madeira and was first treasurer of the Associação Funchalense.
