Scientist and linguist.
A protégé of the Spanish ambassador. Occasionally read papers at the Académie des Sciences; may have met Franklin there. Published a Spanish grammar (1786) and several works on hydraulics and astronomy.
Scientist and linguist.
A protégé of the Spanish ambassador. Occasionally read papers at the Académie des Sciences; may have met Franklin there. Published a Spanish grammar (1786) and several works on hydraulics and astronomy.