| Authorised form of name | Rolli; Paolo Antonio (1687 - ? 1767) |
| Dates | 1687 - ? 1767 |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Place of birth | Rome, Italy |
| Date of birth | 1687 |
| Place of death | Todi, Italy |
| Date of death | 1765 or 1767 |
| Occupation | Poet; Translator |
| Activity | Career:
Travelled to England, where he became Italian tutor to the prince of Wales and the Royal Princesses (1715-1744); returned to Italy and lived in his mother's home town of Todi (1744-death); translated Milton, Racine and Newton's 'Chronologies' into Italian
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 11/12/1729 |
| Proposer | Sir Hans Sloane |
| George Lewis Teissier |
| Frederic de Thom |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll (from NBU); IBI |
| Code | NA474 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| EL/R1/72 | Letter, from Paolo Rolli to [John Theophilus] Desagulier | 1729 |
| LBO/19/187 | Translation of part of a copy letter from the Scipione Maffei, Verona, to Paolo Antonio Rolli | 7 September 1731 |
| EL/D2/53 | Letter, from Paolo Matthia Doria to Paolo Rolli, dated at Naples | 24 August 1731 |
| EL/R2/43 | Letter, from Paolo Rolli to Cromwell Mortimer | 23 June 1731 |
| EL/M3/26 | Extract of a letter, from Massei to Mr [Paolo] Rolli | 7 September 1731 |
| EL/D2/54 | Translated extract a letter, from Paolo Matthia Doria to Paolo Rolli, dated at Naples | 1731 |
| L&P/1/404 | Paper, 'An account by P Rolli FRS of an Italian treatise on the death of the countess Cornelia Zangri & Bandi of Cesena, to which is subjoined an acct. of the death of John Hitchell, who was burned to death by lightning 26 June 1613' by Guiseppe Bianchini | 1745 |