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Authorised form of name	Magalotti; Lorenzo (1637 - ? 1711)
Other forms of name	Lindoro
Other forms of surname	Elateo
Dates	1637 - ? 1711
Nationality	Italian
Place of birth	Rome, Italy
Date of birth	23 October or 13 December 1637
Place of death	Florence, Italy
Date of death	02 March 1711 or 04 March 1712
Occupation	Diplomat; Poet
Research field	Dissemination of science
	Mathematics
	Physics
Activity	Education: Pisa Career: Accompanied the Grand Prince Cosimo of Tuscany on his travels in France and England; Minister at the Court of the Emperor Leopold (1674-1678); Ambassador to Mantua; Counsellor of State to Cosimo when he became Grand Duke; abandoned his diplomatic career suddenly to become a priest of the Oratory of St Philip Neri but tired of it after five months; retired to the country but returned to court after nine months to resume his duties Memberships: Accademia del Cimento (Founder member 1657); Accademia della Crusca
Membership category	Fellow
Date of election	04/05/1709
Relationships	Son of Ottavio Magalotti, Prefect of the Pontifical Mail
Source	Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DSB; IBI References: W E Knowles Middleton, 'Some Italian Visitors to the Early Royal Society' in NR 1978-9 vol 33 pp 157-173 W E Knowles Middleton, 'What Did Charles II Call the Fellows of the Royal Society?' in NR 1977-8 vol 32 pp 13-16 H W Robinson, 'Gleanings from the Library - I. A Note on the Early Minutes' in NR 1938 vol 1 pp 92-95
Virtual International Authority File	http://viaf.org/viaf/34478273
Code	NA6821

Archives associated with this Fellow

RefNo	Title	Date
LBO/5/110	Copy letter from Lorenzo Magalotti, Florence, to Mr Oldenburg	7 August 1672
EL/M1/49	Letter, from Lorenzo Magalotti to Henry Oldenburg	25 May 1669
EL/M1/47	Letter, from Lorenzo Magalotti to Henry Oldenburg	26 June 1668
EL/B1/6	Letter, from William Brouncker to Cardinal Leopold de Medicis [Leopoldo de' Medici]	26 March 1668
EL/M1/48	Letter, from Lorenzo Magalotti to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Madrid	21 November 1668
EL/M1/50	Letter, from Lorenzo Magalotti to Henry Oldenburg	3 October 1670
EL/M1/45	Letter, from Lorenzo Magalotti to Henry Oldenburg	9 May 1668
EL/M1/52	Letter, from Lorenzo Magalotti to Hans Sloane, dated at Florence	16 July 1709
EL/M1/51	Letter, from Lorenzo Magalotti [to the Royal Society]	August 1672
EL/M1/46	Letter, from Lorenzo Magalotti to Henry Oldenburg	6 June 1668
EL/G1/74	Letter, from Guido Grandus to Laurence Magalotti, dated at Florence	24 May 1708
EL/O2/87	Letter, from Henry Oldenburg to Lorenzo Magalotti, dated at London	13 June 1672

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