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José Francisco Correia da Serra (1750–1823) was a Portuguese Abbot, polymath - philosopher, diplomat, politician and scientist.〔Diogo, Maria Paula Diogo, Ana Carneiro1 and Ana Simões. "The Portuguese naturalist Correia da Serra (1751–1823) and his impact on early nineteenth-century botany," ''Journal of the History of Biology." (June, 2001) 34:2, 353-393.〕 In some circumstances, he was also known as ''Abbé Correa.''〔Kenneth Maxwell (2000), ''Was Brazil Different? The Contexts of Independence'', Harvard University, John Parry Memorial Lecture.〕 The plant genus Correa is named in his honour. ==Biography== Correia da Serra was born at Serpa, in Alentejo, in 1750, and was educated at Rome, where he took holy orders. In 1777 he returned to Lisbon, where he was one of the founders of the Academia das Ciências de Lisboa in 1779 (then called ''Academia Real das Ciências de Lisboa''; (英語:Royal Academy of Sciences of Lisbon)). His published writings brought him into conflict with reactionary members of the religious and political hierarchy in Portugal. In 1786, he fled to France, and remained there till the death of Portuguese King-consort Pedro III, when he again returned to his homeland, but political difficulties forced him to leave the country again. He went to England, where he found a protector in Sir Joseph Banks, who was President of the Royal Society.〔Archives of the Royal Society.〕 With Banks' support, he was easily elected a fellow of the society. In 1797, he was elected a foreign member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. In 1797, he was appointed secretary to the Portuguese embassy in London, but a quarrel with the ambassador drove him once more to Paris (1802). He would stay in Paris for the next eleven years. In 1813, he left Europe for the New World, arriving first in New York. His travels took him several times to Monticello, the home of former President Thomas Jefferson where his political views found a fulsome reception.〔( Monticello.org. ), Jose Correia da Serra〕 He was elected a Foreign Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1815.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.amacad.org/publications/BookofMembers/ChapterC.pdf )〕 In 1816, he was made Portuguese minister-plenipotentiary at Washington D.C., but resided in Philadelphia.〔 In 1820, he was recalled home to Portugal, where he was appointed a member of the financial council, and elected to a seat in the "General Extraordinary and Constituent ''Cortes'' of the Portuguese Nation", but he died only three years later. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「José Correia da Serra」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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