André de Resende

Biography:

André de Resende the father of archaeology in Portugal a Dominican friar. He spent many years traveling in Spain France and Belgium where he corresponded with Erasmus and other learned men. He was also intimate with King John III and his sons and acted as tutor to the Infante D. Duarte. Resende enjoyed considerable fame in his lifetime but modern writers have shown that he is neither accurate nor scrupulous.