Benedetto Castelli
Deceased Q560872

Benedetto Castelli

Italian mathematician (*1577/78 – †1643)

Born: May 25, 1577 (1577) · Brescia
Died: April 9, 1643 (1643) · Rome
Age at death: 65 years
Occupation university teacher, mathematician, astronomer, physicist, monk
Field of work mathematician, astronomy, mathematics, physics, optics, philosophy of science, hydraulics
Education University of Padua, University of Pisa, University of Florence
Employer Sapienza University of Rome, University of Pisa, Church of Saints Faustinus and Jovita, Abbey of Santa Giustina, Territorial Abbey of La Trinità della Cava, Badia Fiorentina
Position held abbot
Gender male

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