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Authorised form of nameCunha; António Álvares da (1626 - 1690); Lord of Tábua; nobleman
Other forms of nameAntonio
Other forms of surnameAlvares da Cunha
Dates1626 - 1690
NationalityPortuguese
Place of birthGoa, India, Asia
Date of birth1 May 1626
Date of death26 May 1690
OccupationPolitician
Research fieldHistory
ActivityEducation:
Went to Portugal to study (1637)
Career:
Served in the Portuguese Restoration War; Grand Carver to the King of Portugal; Colonel of the City Guard of Lisbon; Founder and Secretary, of the Academia dos Generosos, Lisbon; Governor of vora; Deputy of the Junta of the Three States; Guard-Mor of Torre do Tombo, Castelo de So Jorge (1668-1690)
Honours:
Commander of the Order of Christ
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election09/04/1668
Age at election42
ProposerSir Richard Southwell
Other Royal Society activityWas invited to act as a correspondent to the Society about natural history in Portugal (1668)
RelationshipsParents: D. Lourenço da Cunha, 16th Lord of Tábua, and Isabel de Aragão
Married: Maria Manoel de Vilhena
Additional relatives: uncle Rodrigro da Cunha, Archbishop of Lisbon
OtherInfoDa Cunha's family played a vital role in the restoration of Portugese independence and his uncle was a member of 'Os Conjurados', a Portugese nationalist group during the Iberian Union that revolted against Spanish rule. Da Cunha himself authored part of the 'Ecclesiastical History of Lisbon' and wrote about the history and geography of Portugal in other works. He was the first Portugese member of the Royal Society.
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SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; Hunter; Oldenburg, IV, p. 314-6; Wikipedia; Biography of D. Luís da Cunha, by Isabel Cluny
Virtual International Authority Filehttp://viaf.org/viaf/71732507
CodeNA2405
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
DM/5/54Draft of a diploma for Antonio Alvarez da Cunha, marking his election as a Fellow of the Royal Society9 April 1668
LBO/2/58Copy of a letter from Antonio de Cunha to Robert Southwell11 February 1668
EL/O1/63Letter, from Henry Oldenburg to Antonio Alvares da Cunha13 April 1668
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