Given the question: Facts: - death place: brighton , england - residence: spain france england -lrb- uk -rrb- - known for: his the calculations of nautical astronomy . tratado de navegacion and the tables for facilitating - caption: portrait of mendoza y rios . - fields: navigation , astronomy , mathematics - death date: 04 march 1816 - workplaces: royal sciences . society -lrb- 1793 -rrb- . french academy of - birth date: 29 january 1761 - name: josef de mendoza y rios - nationality: spanish - image: mendoza_y_rios . jpg - birth place: sevilla , spain Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of josef de mendoza y rios .
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josef -lrb- also jose or joseph -rrb- de mendoza y rios -lrb- 1761 -- 1816 -rrb- was a spanish astronomer and mathematician of the 18th century , famous for his work on navigation .the first work of mendoza y rios was published in 1787 : his treatise about the science and technique of navigation in two tomes .he also published several tables for facilitating the calculations of nautical astronomy and useful in navigation to calculate the latitude of a ship at sea from two altitudes of the sun , and the longitude from the distances of the moon from a celestial body .in the field of the nautical instruments , he improved the reflecting circle .in 1816 , he was elected a foreign member of the royal swedish academy of sciences .