| Authorised form of name | Beccari; Giacomo Bartolommeo (1682 - 1766) |
| Other forms of name | Iacopo Bartolommeo |
| Dates | 1682 - 1766 |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Place of birth | Bologna, Italy |
| Date of birth | 25 July 1682 |
| Place of death | Bologna, Italy |
| Date of death | ? 19 January 1766 |
| DatesAndPlaces | Burial:
Church of the Baraccano |
| Occupation | Physician |
| Research field | Physiology |
| Chemistry |
| Activity | 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
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 27/06/1728 |
| Proposer | Sir Thomas Dereham |
| Sir Hans Sloane |
| James Jurin |
| Relationships | Son of Romeo Beccari and his wife, Flaminia Vittoria Maccarini |
| Source | 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 |
| Code | NA5687 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| RBO/13/43 | Account of the aurora borealis witnessed at Florence on 19 October 1726 by Bartholomew Beccari | 1728 |
| LBO/19/100 | Copy letter from Jacomo Bertolommeo Beccari, Bologna, to William Rutty | 17 October 1728 |
| EL/B3/2 | Letter, from Eustachio Manfredi to Giacomo Bartolommeo Beccari, dated at Bologna | 26 October 1728 |
| EL/B3/1 | Letter, from Giacomo Bartolommeo Beccari to William Rutty | 1728 |
| CLP/4i/79 | Paper, regarding observations of the aurora borealis seen at Florence on 19 October 1726 by Signor Beccari | 1728 |
| EL/B3/3 | Letter, from Giacomo Bartolommeo Beccari to Thomas Dereham, dated at Bologna | October 1728 |
| EL/B3/4 | Translation of a letter, from Giacomo Bartolommeo Beccari to Thomas Dereham, dated at Bologna | 1728 |