Person Revillas; Didacus de (fl 1731 - 1734) Revillas Didacus de fl 1731 - 1734 Male Milan, Italy, Europe 4 July 1690 16900704 1740 17400000

Clergyman, Roman Catholic Metrology Topography Cartography Physics Physiology Meteorology Scientific instruments Mathematics Astronomy Antiquities Career: Member of the religious order of Girolaminians (joined September 1710); came to Rome in 1721; lived in the monastery of St Alessio and Bonifacio on the Aventine Hill in Rome; Abbot of St Jerome, Rome; Chair of Mathematics, University of Rome 'La Sapienza' (1725); carried out trigonometrical survey of central Italy; tutor to the Stuart princes in exile Memberships: Academy of Sciences of Bologna; Academy of Arcadians in Piacenza; Academie Royale des Sciences, Paris Son of Pietras Revillas Vallexo, in service of the Spanish court in Milan; worked with Anders Celsius Fellow 13/06/1734 Sources: Bulloch's Roll (from Iocher); Early Letters (EL/R1/74-75) for dates and career; Pedley, M. (1991). The manuscript papers of Diego de Revillas in the Archive of the British School at Rome. Papers of the British School at Rome, 59, 319-324. doi:10.1017/S0068246200009752 (accessed 18 Noveber 2020) International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 4 July 1690 - 1740 NA1124 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes 837695b0-9c32-430e-84c2-8dc3d9df3164