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.

Volume

11