Francisco Antônio de Almeida Júnior
Francisco Antônio de Almeida Júnior | |
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| Born | May 4, 1851 |
| Died | September 12, 1928 (aged 77) |
| Education | doctorate |
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| Occupation | Astronomer, engineer, university teacher, writer, chief of police (1890–), military personnel |
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| Works | De motibus aeris, From France to Japan, Map of the Empire of Japan, The Federation and the Monarchy, The Solar Parallax and the Transits of Venus |
| Style | travel book, political literature, scientific literature |
| Spouse(s) | Mathilde Martins de Almeida |
| Children | Francisco Antônio de Almeida Júnior, Abel de Almeida |
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| Position held | commanding officer (1890–1892) |
| Rank | lieutenant colonel commander (1890–), captain (1904–), honorary colonel |
Francisco Antônio de Almeida Júnior (May 4, 1851 – September 12, 1928) was a Brazilian astronomer, engineer and university professor during the latter half of the 19th century. Almeida was part of a commission tasked with calculating the stellar parallax of the Sun during the 1874 transit of Venus. Almeida was an important figure in the development of cinematography and he was the first known Brazilian to visit Japan and publish a book about his sojourn in China and Japan.