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Authorised form of name	Portugal; Bento de Moura (1702 - 1776)
Other forms of name	Benito de Moura
Other forms of name	Bento de
Other forms of surname	Portuga
Other forms of surname	Moura Portugal
Dates	1702 - 1776
Nationality	Portuguese
Place of birth	Moimenta da Serra, Guarda, Portugal, Europe
Date of birth	21 March 1702
Date of death	27 January 1766
Occupation	Aristocrat
Research field	Engineering
Research field	Natural philosophy
Activity	Career: Advocate of Newtonian principals; demonstrated his steam engine, based on that of Thomas Savery, to the Portuguese court in Lisbon (1742); tried and found guilty by the Inquisition based on his invention; imprisoned in Junqueira Prison, Lisbon
Membership category	Fellow
Date of election	05/02/1741
Age at election	38
PublishedWorks	https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n88058290/
Source	Sources: Bulloch's Roll; Wikipedia; Diccionario Aristocratico, Vol.1, A–E, Lisbon, 1840, p.320
Virtual International Authority File	http://viaf.org/viaf/8928748
Code	NA1019

Archives associated with this Fellow

RefNo	Title	Date
EC/1740/23	Portugal, Bento de Moura: certificate of election to the Royal Society	5 February 1741
MC/8/224	Letter from H Stanley, 40 Dover Street, to the Secretary of the Royal Society	22 June 1868
MC/8	Volume 8 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society	1867-1869

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