Manuel Dias (decathlete)
Manuel Dias may refer to: * Manuel Dias the Younger (1574–1659), Portuguese Jesuit missionary * Manuel Dias (athlete) Manuel Dias (born 13 March 1904, date of death unknown) was a Portuguese athlete who competed in the marathon at the 1936 Summer Olympics. He competed for the Portuguese club S.L. Benfica Sport Lisboa e Benfica (), commonly known as Benfic ...

Manuel Dias The Younger
Manuel Dias the Younger (1574– 4 March 1659). was a Portuguese Jesuit missionary. Name Manuel Dias the Younger ( la, Junior) acquired his epithet to distinguish him from Manuel Dias the Elder (–1639). He is also known as Emanuel or Emmanuel Diaz. His name was sinified as Yang Manuo (), and he was also referred to by his courtesy name Yanxi (演西). Life Dias arrived in China in 1610, reaching Beijing in 1613. He introduced the telescope into China just a few years after it had been developed in the Netherlands (1608). The telescope was first mentioned in his ''Tian Wen Lüe'' (''Explicatio Sphaerae Coelestis'') in 1615.Needham, Volume 3, 444. In the ''Tian Wen Lüe'' he presented the latest European astronomical knowledge in the form of questions and answers. The book was studied and published until the 19th century. See also * Wenceslas Pantaleon Kirwitzer Wenceslas Pantaleon Kirwitzer (1588, in Kadaň – 1626, in Macau) was an astronomer and a Jesuit mission ...
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