Person Castro Sarmento; Jacob de (1692 - 1762) Castro Sarmento Jacob de Jacob Henriques de Castro-Sarmento 1692 - 1762 Portuguese British Male Portugal 1692 1692 King's Road, Holborn, London, England, United Kingdom 14 September 1762 17620914 Burial: St Andrew's churchyard, Holborn, London, England, United Kingdom (20 September 1762)

Physician Medicine Inoculation Astronomy Education: University of vora, licentiate in the arts (1711); Coimbra University, bachelor of medicine (1717); Marischal College, Aberdeen, MD (1739) Career: Fled Portugal for London to escape persecution of Jews by the Portuguese inquisition (1720) but retained links with Portguee scholars and exchanged ideas with them from London; physician to the poor of Bevis Marks Synagogue (1724); developed quinine treatment for malaria known as 'gua de Ingalterra'; advocate of Newtonian ideas and the first to publish works in Portuguese in support of Newton; assisted in establishing the botanic garden at Coimbra University; staff physician to the Portuguese embassy (1738); founded a small infirmary (Beth Holim), for London's Portuguese Jewish community (1747); renounced Judaism (1758) Memberships: MRCP Third son of Francisco de Castro de Almeida and Violante de Mesquita Fellow 05/02/1730 37 Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB Notes: Not indexed in Charter Book facsimile. ©The Royal Society 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 Anglo American Cataloguing Rules (second edition) rules for double barrelled and compound surnames https://pictures.royalsociety.org/image-rs-9529 1692 - 14 Sep 1762 NA7618 21/11/2001 Andyg pmab 17/12/2025 RS_NET\VirginiaM Yes http://viaf.org/viaf/100373787 2b6d2c33-ae66-4169-acdb-96c5d2e455b8