| Authorised form of name | Conti; Antonio Schinella (1677 - 1749); mathematician |
| Dates | 1677 - 1749 |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Place of birth | Padua, Italy |
| Date of birth | 22 January 1677 |
| Place of death | Padua, Italy |
| Date of death | 06 April 1749 |
| Occupation | Clergyman, Roman Catholic |
| Research field | Mathematics |
| Activity | Education:
Padua (admitted 1708)
Career:
Entered the Order of the Oratorians (1699); ordained priest; left the order (1708); travelled to France (1713-1715), to England (1715-1718), to Holland and Germany (1716), and to France again (1718-1726); on his return to Italy was a focal point for science in the Venetian Republic; died of apoplexy
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 10/11/1715 |
| Relationships | Son of Pio Conti and his wife, Lucrezia Nani |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DBI
Notes:
Proposed by Sir Isaac Newton |
| Code | NA6718 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| MS/82 | Correspondence of Dr Brook Taylor, Secretary of the Royal Society | 1712-1717 |
| MS/790/28 | Letter from Antonio Conti, Venice, to [Martin Folkes] | 9 July 1733 |