João de Loureiro (1710–1791)

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Biographical data

1710 463 Born
1715 650 Born
1717 638 Born in Lisbon
1732 638 Entered the Society of Jesus in Lisbon
1791 638 Died in Lisbon

Education

638 Studied in Lisbon

Career

1735 – 1782 638 Missionary in China
1742 – 1788 463 Missionary in China
638 Occupied himself with botany, medical botany
638 Affiliated with the Academia das Ciências de Lisboa in Lisbon
638 Affiliated with the Royal Society in London

Miscellaneous

638 Loureiro had to proselytize covertly, officially working as a mathematician, natural scientist, and physician at the court
638 Loureiro wrote several botanical works, also including classifications of new species

Alternate names

Juan de Loureiro
Jean de Loureiro

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Related subjects

Botany Medical botany

Sources

463 Sommervogel, Carlos (Ed., Reprint 1960): Bibliothèque de la Compagnie de Jésus. Tome V.
638 Vaz de Carvalho, J. (2001): “Loureiro, João de”. In: Diccionario histórico de la Compañía de Jesús. Ed. by Charles O'Neill, Universidad Pontifica Comillas, Madrid, p. 2425.
650 VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/94955835

Recommended Citation

João de Loureiro (1710–1791). In: Jesuit Science Network, version 03/11/2018. URL: http://jsn.soohwalee.com/p/924/.