José Cândido da Silveira Avelar

Who was José Cândido da Silveira Avelar?

José Cândido da Silveira Avelar, was an Azorean historian and author, known for his work on the history of the island of São Jorge.

He was a secretary/writer within administrative council of Velas by 1881, and for political or intellectual reasons, had a sustained disagreement with João Duarte de Sousa.

Both men disagreed on the histrography of the island of São Jorge, and following Sousa's publication of a treasties on the island, Avelar published his Ilha de S. Jorge: Apontamentos para a sua História. His reference, published in 1902, is considered a more comprehensive and definitive interpretation of the island's history and ethnography.

He died three years later on 3 December 1905, in Horta, on the island of Faial.