Authorised form of name | Sousa; Gaspar de Meres de (fl 1669 - 1684) |
Other forms of name | Gaspar Merez Gaspar |
Gaspar Merez de |
Gaspar de |
Other forms of surname | Meri |
Souza |
Mere |
Merez de Souza |
De Souza |
Dates | fl 1669 - 1684 |
Nationality | Portuguese |
Place of birth | Lisbon, Lisboa, Portugal, Europe |
Occupation | Judge |
Research field | Mathematics |
Cosmography |
Geography |
Navigation |
Activity | Education: University of Coimbra (MA; BD; LLB) Career: Professor of Mathematics, University of Coimbra (1662); Judge of Fora de Santarm (1663); Judge, Provedor de Portalegre, Judge, Lamego (1672); Civil Judge 'corregidor', district of Lisboa (1681); Chief Cosmographer of the Kingdom of Portugal Memberships: Academia dos Generosos |
Membership category | Fellow |
Date of election | 18/11/1669 |
Proposer | Henry Oldenburg |
Relationships | Parents: Gaspar de Meres and Serafina de Sousa |
OtherInfo | De Sousa's grandfather was Dutch and immigrated to Brazil from Antwerp. There he was a sugar dealer in Pernambuco and also drew charts of the Magellan Straits. De Sousa himself also displayed an interest in navigation and geography, although not much else is known about his personal life. |
Source | Sources: Bulloch's Roll; Hunter; Oldenburg, V, p. 569-71; Amaral, A. E. M do. 2018. 'Adenda mas não Corrigenda ao catálogo “Sócios portugueses da RSL” in Boletim da Biblioteca Geral da Universidade de Coimbra, Vol. 48 |
Code | NA3524 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNo | Title | Date |
EL/S1/108 | Letter, from Gasper de Merez de Souza to Henry Oldenburg | 1669 |
EL/S1/107 | Letter, from Gasper de Merez de Souza to Henry Oldenburg | 1669 |
EL/O2/15 | Letter, from Henry Oldenburg to Gasper Merez de Souza, dated at London | 8 December 1669 |