Person Serra; José Correia de (1750 - 1823) Serra José Correia de Joseph Correa Joseph Correa de Abb Correa José Francisco de Serra Correa da Serra 1750 - 1823 Portuguese Male Serpa, Alentejo, Portugal 1750 1750 Rainha, Portugal 05 June 1823 18230605

Diplomat Botany Education: Rome, holy orders Career: Founder and Secretary, Portuguese Academy of Sciences, Lisbon (1779); accused by the Portuguese Inquisition due to his scientiifc publications and fled to Paris (1786); returned to Portugal after the death of Pedro III; secretary to the Portuguese embassy in London (1799); settled in Philadelphia (1813) where he delivered lectures on botany at the University of Pennsylvania; resided in Paris (1802-1813); Portuguese Ambassador to the United Sates (1816-1820); Finance Minister, Portugal (1820-1823) Memberships: Foreign Member of Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences; American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1815) Fellow 03/03/1796 45 Sources: Bulloch's Roll; Encylopaedia Britannica International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 1750 - 5 Jun 1823 NA2999 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes 80dca813-064f-4379-8fd1-4e90b5ffac43