| Authorised form of name | Manfredi; Eustachio (1674 - 1739) |
| Dates | 1674 - 1739 |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Place of birth | Bologna, Italy |
| Date of birth | 20 September 1674 |
| Place of death | Bologna, Italy |
| Date of death | 15 February 1739 |
| DatesAndPlaces | Burial:
Church of Santa Maria Maddalena, Bologna, Italy |
| Occupation | Poet |
| Research field | Astronomy |
| Mathematics |
| Activity | Education:
Jesuit school in Bologna; Bologna. LLD (1692); PhD (1738)
Career:
Public lecturer in Mathematics, Bologna (1699); his patron was Marquis Giovanni Giuseppe Orsi (FRS 1716); Superintendent of the Waters of Bologna (1704); Pro-Rector, Collegio Montalto (1704); Professor of Astronomy, Istituto delle Scienze, Bologna (1711)
Memberships:
Academie Royale des Sciences; Accademia degli Inquieti (founder member)
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 24/10/1728 |
| Proposer | Sir Thomas Dereham |
| William Rutty |
| Sir Hans Sloane |
| Relationships | Son of Alfonso Manfredi, Notary, of Lugo, and his wife, Anna Maria Fiorini; two of his three brothers were also professors at Bologna |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; IBI; Fantuzzi
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
Mari Williams, 'James Bradley and the Eighteenth Century "Gap" in Attempts to Measure Annual Stellar Parallax' in NR 1982-83 vol 37 pp 83-100 |
| Code | NA7202 |
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| EL/R2/9 | Letter, from William Rutty to Eustachio Manfredi | 18 November 1728 |
| RBO/13/36 | Observations of the solar eclipse witnessed at Bologna on 14 September 1727 by Eustachio Manfredi | 1727 |
| RBO/13/44 | 'The Astronomical Passage of a Lumen Boreale as observ'd at Bologna March 4 1727 by Eustachio Manfredi' | 1728 |
| RBO/15/14 | Observations of a solar eclipse witnessed at Bologna from Eustachio Manfredi to Thomas Dereham | 1730 |
| RBO/14/81 | Observations of lunar eclipse on 28 July 1729 from Eustachio Manfredi communicated by Thomas Dereham | 1729 |
| RBO/14/94 | Observations of the lunar eclipse made at Bologna on 8 August 1729 by Eustachio Manfredi | 1729 |
| RBO/13/79 | Observations of the eclipses of Jupiter's satellites in a letter from Eustachio Manfredi to William Rutty | 1728 |
| RBO/13/45 | Translation of the observations of the lumen borealis seen at Bologna on 14 March 1727 by Eustachio Manfredi | 1728 |
| CLP/8ii/21 | Paper, 'Duae observationes eclipsis lunae totalis' [Two observations of total lunar eclipses] by Eustachio Manfredi | [1729-1730] |
| EL/M2/72 | Extract of a letter, from Eustachio Manfredi to Thomas Dereham | 31 October 1728 |
| CLP/8ii/68 | Paper, 'An account of a conjunction of Mercury with the Sun observed at the Astronomical Observatory of the Institute of Bologna [Italy] 11 November 1736 in the morning' by Eustachio Manfredi | 1736 |
| EL/M2/77 | Letter, from Eustachio Manfredi to Thomas Dereham, dated at Bologna | 12 October 1729 |
| EL/M2/78 | Translation of a letter, from Eustachio Manfredi to Thomas Dereham | 1729 |
| EL/R2/6 | Letter, from William Rutty to Eustachio Manfredi, dated at London | 20 August 1728 |
| EL/M2/73 | Letter, from Eustachio Manfredi to William Rutty, dated at Bologna | 3 April 1728 |
| EL/R2/44 | Letter, from Didacus de Revillas to Eustachio Manfredi, dated at Rome | 1735 |
| EL/B3/2 | Letter, from Eustachio Manfredi to Giacomo Bartolommeo Beccari, dated at Bologna | 26 October 1728 |
| EL/M2/75 | Copy of a letter, from Eustachio Manfredi to Thomas Dereham | 16 October 1728 |
| EL/M2/79 | Letter, from Eustachio Manfredi to Thomas Dereham, dated at Bologna | 20 August 1730 |
| CLP/8ii/20 | Paper, regarding a total lunar eclipse witnessed at Bologna [Italy] on 8 August 1729 by Eustachio Manfredi | [1729-1730] |
| CLP/4i/80 | Paper, 'Astronomical passage of a lumen boreale [aurora borealis] observed near Bologna March 14 1727' by Eustachio Manfredi | 1728 |
| CLP/8ii/9 | Paper, 'Nell'observatoni pubblico di Bologna [Italy]' [Astronomical observations made at the Bologna Observatory] by Eustachio Manfredi | 1728 |
| EL/M2/76 | Letter, from Eustachio Manfredi to William Rutty, dated at Bologna | 30 April 1729 |
| EL/M2/74 | Letter, from Eustachio Manfredi to William Rutty, dated at Bologna | 16 October 1728 |
| RBO/13/90 | 'Extract from a Letter of Doctor Eustachio Manfredi of Bologna to Sir Thomas Dereham relating to Rizzetti's Book against Sir Isaac Newton' | 1728 |
| CLP/8ii/9a | Paper, 'Astronomical observations made in the publick observatory at Bologna [Italy]' by Eustachio Manfredi | 1728 |
| CLP/8ii/77a | Letter extract, 'Observatio Eclipseos Telluris Romae habita in aedibus eminentissimi cardinalis' [observations of the solar eclipse made at the house of an eminent Cardinal in Rome], from Didacus de Revillas [Diego Ravillas] to Eustachio Manfredi | [1734] |
| RBO/14/28 | 'Astronomical Observations made in the publick Observatory at Bologna by Doctor Eustachio Manfredi communicated to Sir Hans Sloane presented by Thomas Dereham and translated from the Italian by Dr Scheuchzer | 1728 |
| EL/M2/80 | Translation of an extract of a letter, from Eustachio Manfredi to Thomas Dereham, dated at Bologna | 1730 |