Baldassarre Boncompagni
Italian mathematician
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Prince Baldassarre Boncompagni-Ludovisi , was an Italian historian of mathematics and aristocrat. Biography Boncompagni was born in Rome, into an ancient noble and wealthy Roman family, the Ludovisi-Boncompagni, as the third son of Prince Luigi Boncompagni Ludovisi and Princess Maria Maddalena Odescalchi. He studied under the mathematician Barnaba Tortolini and astronomer Ignazio Calandrelli, developing an interest in the history of science. In 1847 Pope Pius IX appointed him a member of the Accademia dei Lincei. Between 1850-1862 he produced studies on mathematicians of the Middle Ages and in 1868 founded the Bullettino di bibliografia e di storia delle scienze matematiche e fisiche. After the annexation of the Papal States into the Kingdom of Italy , he refused further participation in the new Academy of the Lincei, and did not accept the appointment as Senator of the Kingdom offered by Quintino Sella. He did, however, serve as a member of several other Italian and foreign academies.
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