Francisco de Borja Garção Stockler

Francisco de Borja Garção Stockler, Baron of Vila da Praia (25 September 1759 – 6 March 1829) was a Portuguese politician, soldier, and mathematician. He had the rank of lieutenant general and was the 8th Captain General of the Azores.

During his life he held several posts, many coinciding with the European Peninsular War: lieutenant general in the military, secretary and councilor of the Conselho Ultramarino (Overseas Council), governor of Algarve and Governor/Captain-General of the Azores. He was also a member of the committee that formed the draft of the constitutional charter in 1823, before returning to academia (becoming a professor of mathematics at the Academia Real de Marinha, a deputy director of the Academia Militar do Rio de Janeiro, secretary of the Academia Real das Ciências de Lisboa and fellow of the Royal Society of London, among other honours. He was one of the pioneers in differential calculus and one of the most notable historians of mathematics in Portugal.