| Authorised form of name | Samuda; Isaac de Sequeira (c.1681 - 1729) |
| Other forms of name | Isaac de |
| Isaac |
| Simão Lopes |
| Other forms of surname | Sequeira Samuda |
| de Sequeyra Samuda |
| Dates | c.1681 - 1729 |
| Nationality | Portuguese |
| British |
| Date of birth | c.1681 |
| Place of death | Parish of St Botolph without Bishopsgate, London, England, United Kingdom |
| Date of death | 20 November 1729 |
| DatesAndPlaces | Baptism:
Church of Sao Juliiao, Lisbon, Portugal, Europe (c.1681)
Burial:
Portuguese Jews' old cemetery at Mile End Road, Stepney, London, England, United Kingdom |
| Occupation | Physician |
| Research field | Medicine |
| Astronomy |
| Activity | Education:
Coimbra University, MB (1702)
Career:
Practised as a physician in London. Admitted to Royal College of Physicians on 19 March 1721. Physician to the Portuguese envoy extraordinaire (later Ambassador) in London, Antonio Galvao de Castelo-Branco (from 1724). Retained connections with an international network of Portuguese Jesuits whilst in London and acted as a conduit of information between them and the Royal Society, including sharing of astronomical observations.
Memberships:
LRCP (1721)
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 27/06/1723 |
| Relationships | Second son of Rodrigo de Sequeira, merchant, and his wife, Violante Nunes Rosa, who were both of Jewish origin. Baptised with the same name as his grandfather Simão Lopes Samuda, a physician from Odemira. |
| PublishedWorks | https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-no2001088950/ |
| OtherInfo | Samuda was the first Fellow of Jewish heritage to be elected to the Royal Society. Arrested on 23 August 1703 during the Portuguese Inquisition, tortured and convicted de vehemente of Judaizing, at an auto da fé held in Lisbon on 19 October 1704 after which he fled to London with other members of his family. Changed his name to Ishac de Sequeira Samuda at the Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue in London in 1709. |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; Munk's Roll; DNB
References:
London Magazine 1743, p205 (obituary)
MS.693.37
Notes:
Subscription paid to Michaelmas 1727 (paid 9 Nov 1727) - nothing recorded thereafter. On PL until 1729, not thereafter. Signed Bond no 198, 24 Oct 1723. Name disappeared from RCP list "in 1731" (Munk).
Casrla Costa Vieira, 'Observing the skies of Lisbon. Isaac de Sequeira Samuda, an 'Estrangeirado' in the Royal Society ' in NR 2014, vol 68, no 2, pp 135-149 |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/239694285 |
| Code | NA5339 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| RBO/12/23 | Concerning the differences in the meridian of Paris, London and Lisbon sent by John Baptiste Carbone to Isaac Samuda | 1725 |
| RBO/14/118 | 'An account of an uncommon Phaenomenon of the Verbascum in flower being part of a Letter from Jos Israel Carrillo Physician to the King of Tunis to Isaac de Sequeira Samuda' | 1730 |
| MS/390/199 | Bond of Isaac de Segueira Samuda to the Treasurer of the Royal Society | 24 October 1723 |
| CLP/5/34 | Paper, regarding weather observations from Lisbon for October to December 1724 by Isaac de Sequeira Samuda | 1725 |
| EL/C2/83 | Letter, from Joseph Israel Carrillo to Isaac de Sequeira Samuda | 25 August 1728 |
| RBO/12/36 | Anatomical observations from Antonio Monrava communicated by Isaac de Sequeira Samuda | 1724 |
| CLP/12ii/19 | Paper, 'Observatio anatomica' by Antonio Monrava | [1723] |
| CLP/15i/73 | Paper, regarding a description of a large fish seen off the coast of Lisbon by Isaac de Sequeira Samuda | 21 January 1723 |
| EL/C2/84 | Translation of part of a letter, from Joseph Israel Carrillo to Isaac de Sequeira Samuda | 1728 |
| EL/C2/61 | Account of astronomical observations by John Baptista Carbone to Isaac de Sequeira Samuda, dated at Lisbon | 1726 |
| RBO/13/35 | Astronomical observations from John Baptista Carbone transmitted by Isaac de Sequeira Samuda | 1728 |
| EL/C2/62 | Account of astronomical observations by John Baptista Carbone to Isaac de Sequeira Samuda, dated at Lisbon | 1727 |