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The Reverend
Roger Joseph Boscovich
SJ FRS
Portrait by Robert Edge Pine, London, 1760.
Born
Ruđer Josip Bošković
(1711-05-18)18 May 1711
Dubrovnik, Republic of Ragusa (present-day Croatia)
Died
13 February 1787(1787-02-13) (aged 75)
Milan, Duchy of Milan (present-day Italy)
Citizenship
Republic of Ragusa
Alma mater
Collegio Romano[1]
Known for
Precursor of the atomic theory Founder of Brera Observatory
Roger Joseph BoscovichSJ (Croatian: Ruđer Josip Bošković; pronounced[rûd͡ʑerjǒsipbôʃkoʋit͡ɕ]; Italian: Ruggiero Giuseppe Boscovich;[2] Latin: Rogerius (Iosephus) Boscovicius;[3] 18 May 1711 – 13 February 1787) was a physicist, astronomer, mathematician, philosopher, diplomat, poet, theologian, Jesuit priest, and a polymath from the Republic of Ragusa.[4] He studied and lived in Italy and France where he also published many of his works.[5]
Boscovich produced a precursor of atomic theory and made many contributions to astronomy, including the first geometric procedure for determining the equator of a rotating planet from three observations of a surface feature and for computing the orbit of a planet from three observations of its position. In 1753 he also discovered the absence of an atmosphere on the Moon.[6]
^The successor institution to the Collegio Romano is the Pontifical Gregorian University.
^"La firma autografa (The original Boscovich's autograph)". edizionenazionaleboscovich.it. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
^Gerardus Heerkens, Notabilium libri II, Groningae, 1765, p. 61: "Dalmata erat Boscovicius, Ragusâ oriundus".
^Biography: Roger Joseph Boscovich, S.J., Fairchild University website.Archived 27 November 2010 at the Wayback Machine
^James, I. (2004). Remarkable Physicists: From Galileo to Yukawa. Cambridge University Press. p. 47. ISBN 9780521017060.
^Энциклопедия для детей (астрономия). Москва: Аванта+. 1998. ISBN 978-5-89501-016-7.
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