Thomas Pereira
Portuguese Jesuit astronomer, mathematician and diplomat representing Qing dynasty for the Treaty of Nerchinsk (1689) · Scientists · Lived 1645 to 1708 · aged 63
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Tomás Pereira was a Portuguese Jesuit missionary who served at the court of the Kangxi Emperor in Beijing for thirty‑six years. Renowned as a musician, clockmaker and interpreter, he played a pivotal role in the negotiation of the Treaty of Nerchinsk in 1689 - the first formal agreement between China and a European power - and contributed to Kangxi's 1692 Tolerance Decree, which granted greater religious freedom to Christians in China.
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