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Authorised form of nameAlgarotti; Francesco (1712 - 1764)
Dates1712 - 1764
NationalityItalian
Date of birth11 December 1712
Date of death24 May 1764
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election08/07/1736
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll
References:
Marta Cavazza, 'The Institute of Science of Bologna and the Royal Society in the eighteenth century' in NR 2002 vol 56 pp 3-25, plate
A D C Simpson, 'Newton's Telescope and the Cataloguing of the Royal Society's Repository' in NR 1983-84 vol 38 pp 187-214
Maurice Crosland, 'Explicit Qualifications as a Criterion for Membership of the Royal Society: A Historical Review' in NR 1982-83 vol 37 pp 167-187
A A Mills, 'Newton's Prisms and His Experiments on the Spectrum' in NR 1981-82 vol 36 pp 13-36
CodeNA6415
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
EC/1736/07Algarotti, Francesco: certificate of election to the Royal Society8 July 1736
IM/000069Algarotti, Francescond
IM/000070Algarotti, Francesco1752
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