Authorised form of name | Portugal; Bento de Moura (1702 - 1776) |
Other forms of name | Benito de Moura |
Bento de |
Other forms of surname | Portuga |
Moura Portugal |
Dates | 1702 - 1776 |
Nationality | Portuguese |
Place of birth | Moimenta da Serra, Guarda, Portugal, Europe |
Date of birth | 21 March 1702 |
Date of death | 27 January 1766 |
Occupation | Aristocrat |
Research field | Engineering |
Natural philosophy |
Activity | Career: Advocate of Newtonian principals; demonstrated his steam engine, based on that of Thomas Savery, to the Portuguese court in Lisbon (1742); tried and found guilty by the Inquisition based on his invention; imprisoned in Junqueira Prison, Lisbon
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Membership category | Fellow |
Date of election | 05/02/1741 |
Age at election | 38 |
PublishedWorks | https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n88058290/ |
Source | Sources: Bulloch's Roll; Wikipedia; Diccionario Aristocratico, Vol.1, A–E, Lisbon, 1840, p.320 |
Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/8928748 |
Code | NA1019 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNo | Title | Date |
EC/1740/23 | Portugal, Bento de Moura: certificate of election to the Royal Society | 5 February 1741 |
MC/8/224 | Letter from H Stanley, 40 Dover Street, to the Secretary of the Royal Society | 22 June 1868 |
MC/8 | Volume 8 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1867-1869 |