Sebastião de Melo Marquis of Pombal

male, deceased (1782)
architectural style, de facto, Portuguese nobility, Portuguese, Interior Minister, 1755Lisbonearthquake
Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, 1st Count of Oeiras, 1st Marquis of Pombal, (13 May 1699 - 15 May 1782) was an 18th century Portuguese st...
John Winthrop

John Winthrop

male, deceased (1779)
great Lisbon earthquake of 1755, 1755Lisbonearthquake, new england, physicist, Astronomer, mathematician…Lisbon
John Winthrop was the 2nd Hollis Professor of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy in Harvard College. He was a distinguished mathematician,...
Louis Godin

Louis Godin

male, deceased (1760)
Astronomer, French, lima, expedition, cadiz, meridian…earthquake, 1755Lisbonearthquake
Louis Godin (February 28, 1704 - September 11, 1760) was a French astronomer. Godin was a member with Charles Marie de La Condamine and Pierre...

George Parker 2nd Earl of Macclesfield

male, deceased (1764)
Astronomer, Fellow of the Royal Society, member of parliament, President of the Royal Society, British, tory…1755Lisbonearthquake
George Parker, 2nd Earl of Macclesfield, FRS (c. 1695 or 1697 - March 17, 1764), was celebrated as an astronomer. Styled Viscount Parker from 1721...

Joseph Salvador

male
Jewish, Portuguese Inquisition, sephardic, Portuguese, British East India Company, Business Person…1755Lisbonearthquake, Lisbon, great earthquake
Joseph Salvador was the first Jewish director of the British East India Company. He was descended from Portuguese (Sephardic) Jews who had escaped...