ís ▁de ▁Cam ões ▁was ▁notable . ▁In ▁the ▁sciences , ▁John ▁III ▁supported ▁the ▁math ematic ian ▁Pedro ▁N unes ▁and ▁the ▁phys ician ▁Gar cia ▁de ▁Or ta . ▁Through ▁his ▁links ▁to ▁Portuguese ▁human ists ▁such ▁as ▁Lu ís ▁Te ix e ira ▁Lob o , ▁Er as mus ▁dedicated ▁his ▁Ch rys ost omi ▁Luc ub r ation es ▁to ▁John ▁III ▁of ▁Portugal ▁in ▁ 1 5 2 7 . ▁ ▁The ▁monarch ▁awarded ▁many ▁scholar ships ▁to ▁univers ities ▁abroad , ▁mainly ▁in ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Paris , ▁where ▁fifty ▁Portuguese ▁students ▁were ▁sent ▁to ▁the ▁Coll ège ▁Sainte - Bar be ▁head ed ▁by ▁Di ogo ▁de ▁G ouve ia . ▁He ▁definit ively ▁transferred ▁the ▁Portuguese ▁university ▁from ▁Lis bon ▁to ▁Co im bra ▁in ▁ 1 5 3 7 . ▁In ▁ 1 5 4 2 ▁John ▁III ▁created ▁in ▁Co im bra ▁a ▁College ▁of ▁Arts ▁( L iber al ▁arts ) ▁for ▁which ▁he ▁quickly ▁re called ▁the ▁many ▁prominent ▁Portuguese ▁and ▁European ▁teachers ▁head ed ▁by ▁André ▁de ▁G ouve ia ▁at ▁the ▁College ▁of ▁Gu ienne ▁in ▁Bor de aux . ▁Those ▁included ▁George ▁Buch an an , ▁Di ogo ▁de ▁Te ive , ▁Jer ón imo ▁Os ó rio , ▁Nicolas ▁de ▁Gr ouch y , ▁Guillaume ▁Gu é ran te ▁and ▁É lie ▁V inet , ▁who ▁were ▁decis ive ▁for ▁the ▁dis sem ination ▁of ▁the ▁contemporary ▁research ▁of ▁Pedro ▁N unes . ▁The ▁king ▁provided ▁the