Ruđer Josip Bošković
1711 – 1787 · aged 76
Croat physicist (1711–1787)
- Born
- 18 May 1711 · Dubrovnik
- Died
- 13 Feb 1787 · Milan
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- 18 May 1711BornBorn in Dubrovnik
- 1763 – 1772RoleDirector
- 13 Feb 1787DiedDied in Milan
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Major world events during their lifetime (1711 – 1787).
- 1756 – 1763Seven Years' War
- c. 1760 – 1840Industrial Revolution
- 1765 – 1783American Revolution
Biography
Roger Joseph Boscovich (18 May 1711 – 13 February 1787) was a physicist, astronomer, mathematician, philosopher, diplomat, poet, theologian, Jesuit priest, and a polymath from the Republic of Ragusa. He studied and lived in Italy and France where he also published many of his works.
Boscovich produced a precursor of atomic theory and made many contributions to astronomy, including the first geometric procedure for determining the equator of a rotating planet from three observations of a surface feature and for computing the orbit of a planet from three observations of its position. In 1753 he also discovered the absence of an atmosphere on the Moon.
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