Giovanni Maria Della Torre (Rome, 16 June 1710 – Naples, 7 March 1782) was an Italian priest, naturalist and scientist who wrote several influential books on natural science and taught at several places around Italy.
Della Torre was born in
Rome
, established_title = Founded
, established_date = 753 BC
, founder = King Romulus (legendary)
, image_map = Map of comune of Rome (metropolitan city of Capital Rome, region Lazio, Italy).svg
, map_caption ...
and sources differ on his birth year. His father Marquis Michele came from
Lavagna
Lavagna is a comune (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Genoa, Italy.
History and Culture
The village, unlike nearby Chiavari which has pre-Roman evidence, seems to have developed in Roman times with the Latin name of ''Lavania''. The ...
but had moved to Genoa. Della Torre studied in Rome and went to the
Clementine College
The Collegio Clementino is a palace in Rome, central Italy, sited between the Strada del'Orso and the banks of the Tiber. It was founded by Pope Clement VIII in 1595, to host Slavonian refugees. Giacomo della Porta was commissioned to erect a sui ...
where he studied mathematics under
Domenico Chelucci (1681–1754). He joined the
Somaschi Fathers
, image = SomascosEscut.jpg
, image_size = 200px
, caption = Coat of arms of the Somascan Fathers
, abbreviation = CRS
, nickname = Somascans
, formation =
, founder ...
taking his final vows in 1730 and he then taught mathematics at the Clementine College in Rome from 1736. He then taught at seminaries in Naples, teaching mathematics and experimental physics. His major contribution was the series of books on the ''Scienza della natura'' (Science of Nature) published initially in two volume (1748-49). He documented the
Vesuvius eruption of 1751. In 1763 he wrote about his observations made under a microscope that he constructed.
References
External links
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
{{DEFAULTSORT:Della Torre, Giovanni Maria
1710 births
1782 deaths
18th-century Italian astronomers
Italian scientists
Scientists from Naples