Manuel Dias the Younger
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Manuel Dias | |
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Born | 1574 |
Died | 4 March 1659 China |
Nationality | Portuguese |
Occupation | Jesuit missionary |
Known for | Introduction of the telescope in China |
Manuel Dias the Younger (1574 – 4 March 1659)[1] was a Portuguese Jesuit missionary.
Name[]
Manuel Dias the Younger (Latin: Junior) acquired his epithet to distinguish him from (c. 1561–1639).[2] He is also known as Emanuel or Emmanuel Diaz. His name was sinified as Yang Manuo (陽瑪諾), and he was also referred to by his courtesy name Yanxi (演西).
Life[]
Dias arrived in China in 1610, reaching Beijing in 1613. He introduced the telescope into China just a few years after it had been developed in the Netherlands (1608). The telescope was first mentioned in his Tian Wen Lüe (Explicatio Sphaerae Coelestis) in 1615.[3] In the Tian Wen Lüe he presented the latest European astronomical knowledge in the form of questions and answers. The book was studied and published until the 19th century.
See also[]
References[]
Citations[]
- ^ Esteves Pereira, João Manuel; et al. (1907), Diccionario Historico, Chorographico, Heraldico, Biographico, Bibliographico, Numismatico, e Artistico..., J. Romano Torres. (in Portuguese)
- ^ Jami & al. (2008), p. 99.
- ^ Needham, Volume 3, 444.
Bibliography[]
- Catherine Jami, Luís Saraiva, "The Jesuits, the Padroado and East Asian science (1552–1773)", World Scientific, 2008, ISBN 981-277-125-5
- Liam Matthew Brockey, "Journey to the East: the Jesuit mission to China, 1579–1724", Harvard University Press, 2007, ISBN 0-674-02448-6
- Joseph Needham, "Chinese astronomy and the Jesuit mission: an encounter of cultures", China Society, 1958
- Francisco Rodrigues, "Jesuitas portugueses astrónomos na China, 1583–1805", Tipografia Porto Medico, 1925
- Joseph Needham, Ling Wang, "Science and Civilisation in China", ISBN 978-0-521-05801-8
- 1574 births
- 1659 deaths
- People from Castelo Branco, Portugal
- Portuguese Jesuits
- Portuguese expatriates in China
- Portuguese explorers
- Astronomy in China
- Jesuit missionaries in China
- 16th-century astronomers
- 16th-century Portuguese people
- 17th-century Portuguese people
- Portuguese Roman Catholic missionaries
- Roman Catholic missionaries in China
- Jesuit missionaries
- Jesuit scientists