Person Bianchini; Francesco (1662 - 1729) Bianchini Francesco 1662 - 1729 Italian Male Verona, Italy 13 December 1662 02 March 1729

Roman Catholic Priest Astronomy Antiquities Education: Jesuit College of S Luigi, Bologna (1673-1680); Padua (1680-1684); Rome Career: Went to Rome under the patronage of Cardinal Ottoboni (1684); employed in the Curia (1688); Custodian of the Ottobonian Library; Gentleman of the Bedchamber to the Pope (Albani) (1699); Secretary of the Congregation for the Reform of the Calendar (1701); President of the Antiquities of Rome (1703); carried out the first systematic excavations on the Palatine Hill; Canon of Sta Maria Maggiore (1710); travelled to France to present Cardinal de Rohan with his cardinal's hat (1712); also travelled to Alsace, the Rhineland, the Netherlands and England (1713); inspired by the work of the Cassinis in France he began to calculate a meridian for Italy; died of dropsy, when he was found to be wearing a hair shirt Memberships: Academie Royale des Sciences (Corresponding 1699), (Foreign Associate 1706) Son of Giuseppe Bianchini and his wife, Cornelia Vailetti Fellow 29/01/1713 Sir Isaac Newton Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DBI; Jocher 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 Sir Alan Cook, 'Our Foreign Correspondence' in NR 1999 vol 53 pp 179-182 A Rupert Hall, 'Further Newton Correspondence' in NR 1982-83 vol 37 pp 7-34 A Cook, 'A Roman tercentenary' by A Cook in NR 2002 vol 56 p273 A Cook, 'The end of the affair. The correspondence of John Flamsteed, the first Astronomer Royal, vol 3 (1703-1719) by E G Forbes, L Murdin and F Willmoth' in NR 2003 vol 57 pp 113-116 A Cook, 'Rome and the Royal Society, 1660-1740' in NR 2004 vol 58 pp 3-19 Heilbron, J.L. (2022) 'The incomparable monsignor: Francesco Bianchini's world of science, history and court intrigue' (Oxford U.P.) 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 13 Dec 1662 - 2 Mar 1729 NA7802 21/11/2001 Andyg pmab 18/12/2024 RS_NET\rupert Yes ecc05700-8bfb-482a-8db8-d7ebcb566e47