The Portuguese amateur historian of Hong Kong and Macau, José Maria ‘Jack’ Braga, whose work still resonates 35 years after his death

• Hong Kong-born Portuguese scholar José Maria ‘Jack’ Braga was among a group of amateur historians who dug up a mine of information for future generations
• He and his father wrote a noted history of Portuguese settlement in Hong Kong and Macau, and he befriended fellow amateur historians such as Austin Coates