Bartolomeu de Gusmão

Bartolomeu Lourenço de Gusmão was a Portuguese Catholic priest and naturalist born in colonial Brazil, who was a pioneer of lighter-than-air aerostat design, being among the first scholars at that time to understand the operational principles of the hot air balloon and to build a functional prototype of such a device.

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Who was born first?

• Bartolomeu de Gusmão and Johann Maria Farina were born the same year
• Bartolomeu de Gusmão was born 1 year before Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit
• Bartolomeu de Gusmão was born 3 years before Emmanuel Swedenborg
• Bartolomeu de Gusmão was born 3 years after John Hadley
• Bartolomeu de Gusmão was born 3 years after Johann Friedrich Böttger

Timeline

1. Johann Friedrich BöttgerFebruary 4, 1682 – March 13, 1719
2. John HadleyApril 16, 1682 – February 14, 1744
3. Bartolomeu de Gusmão (this page)December 18, 1685 – November 19, 1724
4. Johann Maria FarinaDecember 8, 1685 – November 25, 1766
5. Daniel Gabriel FahrenheitMay 24, 1686 – September 16, 1736
6. Emmanuel SwedenborgJanuary 29, 1688 – March 29, 1772

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