Paolo Nicola Giampaolo (11 September 1757 – 16 January 1832) was an Italian cleric and agronomist.

Biography

He was born to a poor family from

Ripalimosani Ripalimosani is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Campobasso in the Italy, Italian region Molise, located about north of Campobasso. Ripalimosani borders the following municipalities: Campobasso, Castropignano, Limosano, Matrice, Mon ...

. He initially studied in the seminaries of

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and Boiano. By the age of 30 years, he was teaching philosophy and mathematics for the

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, when the Bishop Rossetti named him Penitenziere and teacher of the Cathedral of Boiano. In 1828, he published ''Dialoghi sulla religione''. His first publication was a ''Lezioni di Metafisica'' (or ''Metaphysical Lessons'', 1803); which blended dogmatic theologic beliefs with natural philosophy. In 1807, then king Joseph Buonaparte had Paolo named Consigliere di Stato and finance minister. He was also subsequently awarded the honor of Cavaliere dell'ordine delle due Sicilie (knighthood in the Order of the Two Sicilies). In 1809, he became commissioner representing the provinces of

Salerno Salerno (, , ; nap, label= Salernitano, Saliernë, ) is an ancient city and ''comune'' in Campania (southwestern Italy) and is the capital of the namesake province, being the second largest city in the region by number of inhabitants, after ...

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, and

Lecce Lecce ( ); el, label=Griko, Luppìu, script=Latn; la, Lupiae; grc, Λουπίαι, translit=Loupíai), group=pron is a historic city of 95,766 inhabitants (2015) in southern Italy. It is the capital of the province of Lecce, the province ...

. In 1812, Inspector of the county of

Molise Molise (, , ; nap, label=Neapolitan language, Neapolitan, Mulise) is a Regions of Italy, region of Southern Italy. Until 1963, it formed part of the region of Abruzzi e Molise, alongside the region of Abruzzo. The split, which did not become effe ...

and royal vicar of the diocese of Boiano. In 1825, he was elected a member of the Reale Accademia Borbonica. Paolo is best known for his books on agriculture: ''Memoria per ristabilire l'agricoltura degli alberi nella terra di Ripalimosani'' (1806); ''Lezioni e Catechismo di agricoltura'' (1808); ''Lezioni di agricoltura'' (1819); and ''Memoria su gl'inconvenienti del sistema agrario del Regno e sui mezzi per rimedirvi'' (1822). These reactionary books sustain that a successful agricultural economy needs to respect both religious and royal authorities, and thus differ from the more enlightened, and thus more liberal, agronomic theories emerging from Tuscany and northern Italy. There is also a respect for incentive provided private property and the need to support the small private farmers.''Elogio dedicato alla memoria del cavaliere Paolo Nicola Giampaolo dal suo successore nella reale Accademia delle scienze di Napoli''
by Pasquale Borrelli (1832).

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Giampaolo Paolo 1757 births 1832 deaths Italian agronomists 18th-century Italian writers 18th-century Italian male writers 19th-century Italian writers 19th-century Italian male writers