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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

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