Bartolomeu de Gusmão
Brazilian priest
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Bartolomeu Lourenço de Gusmão was a Colonial Brazilian priest and naturalist who was a pioneer of lighter-than-air airship design. He is also one of the main characters in Nobel Prize-winning José Saramago's Baltasar and Blimunda. Wikipedia
Born: December 1685, Santos, State of São Paulo, Brazil
Died: November 18, 1724 (age 38 years), Toledo, Spain
Nationality: Brazilian and Portuguese
Full name: Bartolomeu Lourenço de Gusmão
Known for: Airship design
Notable work: Passarola