Bento de Moura Portugal FRS, Moimenta da Serra (March 21, 1702 - Lisbon January 27, 1766), was a Portuguese inventor, scientist, lawyer, and university professor at the University of Coimbra. He was a Portuguese aristocrat, a Knight of the Order of Christ, and a Member of the Royal Society. He is remembered for improving the steam engine designed by Thomas Savery. Also referred to as Bento de Moura, he was a proponent of Newtonian science and often referred to as the "Portuguese Newton.[1][2][3][4]