Person Beccari; Giacomo Bartolommeo (1682 - 1766) Beccari Giacomo Bartolommeo Iacopo Bartolommeo 1682 - 1766 Italian Male Bologna, Italy 25 July 1682 Bologna, Italy ? 19 January 1766 Burial: Church of the Baraccano

Via S Petronio Vecchio, 8, Bologna

Physician Physiology Chemistry Education: Bologna; BA, MB (1704) Career: Lecturer in Logic at Bologna (1709); Professor of Theoretical Medicine (1712), then Professor of Practical Medicine at the University of Bologna; taught experimental physics (1714) and chemistry (1734) at the Academy of Bologna; Professor of Chemistry at the University (the first chair of chemistry in Italy) (1737-1749); declined the chair of medicine at Padau and the post of Chief Physician to Pope Benedict XIV Memberships: Accademia degli Inquieti; Istituto e Accademia bolognesi delle Scienze e delle Arte Son of Romeo Beccari and his wife, Flaminia Vittoria Maccarini Fellow 27/06/1728 Sir Thomas Dereham Sir Hans Sloane James Jurin Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DBI; Hirsch 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 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 25 Jul 1682 - 18 or 19 Jan 1766 NA5687 21/11/2001 Andyg pmab 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes ecd1608c-45be-41e6-abc4-99d6b4aaf888