Emanuel Mendes da Costa was an English botanist, naturalist, philosopher, and collector of valuable notes and of manuscripts. He also collected anecdotes on the contemporary literati. Da Costa became infamous for embezzling funds while working at the Royal Society in London and was imprisoned.
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Academics
Type
Academic
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1717 to 1791 · aged 73
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