José Francisco Correa da Serra
1750–1823
Portuguese priest and naturalist. Studied for the priesthood at Naples and Rome. Returned to Portugal in 1778 and helped establish the Royal Academy of Sciences, Lisbon, in 1779. His scientific enquiries made him suspect to the Catholic establishment and he fled Portugal in 1795, going first to London and then to Paris; emigrated to the United States in 1812. Returned to Portugal in 1821. FRS 1796.
Sources
Davis 1955, O grande livro dos Portugueses s.v. Correa da Serra, Abade José Francisco
Record of the Royal Society of London.
Bibliography
Davis, Richard Beale. 1955. The Abbé Correa in America, 1812–1820. The contributions of the diplomat and natural philosopher to the foundations of our national life. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society n.s. 45 (pt 2): 85–197.
O grande livro dos Portugueses: O grande livro dos Portugueses; 4000 personalidades em texto e imagem: nomes, datas, factos, com 980 ilustraçonnes. [By Manuel Alves de Oliveira et al.] [Lisbon]: Círculo de Leitores. 1991.
Record of the Royal Society of London: The record of the Royal Society of London for the promotion of natural knowledge. 4th edition. London: Royal Society. 1940.
