Paolo dal pozzo toscanelli biography template
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"Toscanelli dal Pozzo, Paolo" in "Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers", Springer , pp
© Springer Science+Business Media New York Thomas Hockey, Virginia Trimble, Thomas R. Williams, Katherine Bracher, Richard A. Jarrell, Jordan D. MarchéII, JoAnn Palmeri and Daniel W. E. Green Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers /_ Toscanelli dal Pozzo, Paolo Giancarlo Truffa1 Born Florence, ( Italy), Died Florence, ( Italy), May Paolo Toscanelli’s astronomical significance hinges primarily on his comet observations. Toscanelli was the second son of Domenico, a physician, and Biagia Mei. His family was one of the richest medical families in Florence. Toscanelli never married and, apart from short periods of time that he spent outside Florence, he lived in the household of his father and later of his brother and his nephews. Our knowledge of Toscanelli’s life and works is limited to a few documents, and his fame as one of the greatest personalities of the fifteenth cen
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Toscanelli, Paolo (–)
An Italian physician, astronomer, mapmaker, and mathematician who is best known for creating a map of the world that may have been used by Christopher Columbus in planning his voyage to the East Indies. Born in Florence, he was the son of a doctor, Dominic Toscanelli. He studied mathematics with Giovanni dell'Abacco in Florence and attended the University of Padua, earning the title of doctor of medicine in He returned to Florence and earned a reputation as a leading mathematician and astronomer, considered by many people to be the most brilliant scientist of his day.
A skilled astronomical observer, Toscanelli observed and measured the orbits of comets, including the occurrence of Halley's Comet in In the cathedral of Florence he designed a gnomon, a slab of marble placed high in the left transept of the church that cast a shadow of the sun, allowing an observer to determine noon and measure the occurrence of the winter and summer solstices. From his studie
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Paolo dal Pozzo Toscanelli
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Mathematician, astronomer, and cosmographer, b. at Florence in ; d. there, 10 May, Toscanelli, who was one of the most distinguished scientists of the fifteenth century, was the son of the Florentine physician Dominic Toscanelli. He began his mathematical studies at Florence under Giovanni dell'Abacco. At the age of eighteen he entered the University of Padua where he studied mathematics, philosophy, and medicine. In this period he formed his life-long friendship with Nicholas of Cusa who studied law and mathematics at the same university. The two probably met at the college Prosdocimos de'Beldomandi. Both left the university in , Nicholas with the title of doctor decretorum and Paolo as a doctor of medicine. In consequence of this Toscanelli afte