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Della Torre was born in [[Rome]] and sources differ on his birth year. His father Marquis Michele came from [[Lavagna]] but had moved to Genoa. In 1720 Della Torre began is studies at the [[Collegio Clementino|Clementine College]].{{sfn|Baldini|1989}} Under the guidance of the [[mathematician]] Domenico Chelucci (1681–1754), General of the [[Piarist Order]], a wholly new type of teachers and professors was being trained here, who were taught the [[classics]] thoroughly, but also acquired a sound knowledge of the [[Science|sciences]], of [[geography]] and of [[history]]. |
Della Torre was born in [[Rome]] and sources differ on his birth year. His father Marquis Michele came from [[Lavagna]] but had moved to Genoa. In 1720 Della Torre began is studies at the [[Collegio Clementino|Clementine College]].{{sfn|Baldini|1989}} Under the guidance of the [[mathematician]] Domenico Chelucci (1681–1754), General of the [[Piarist Order]], a wholly new type of teachers and professors was being trained here, who were taught the [[classics]] thoroughly, but also acquired a sound knowledge of the [[Science|sciences]], of [[geography]] and of [[history]]. |
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Della Torre joined the [[Somaschi Fathers]] in 1729, taking his final vows on 30 November 1730. From 1736 he taught mathematics at the [[Collegio Clementino|Clementine College]]. |
Della Torre joined the [[Somaschi Fathers]] in 1729, taking his final vows on 30 November 1730. From 1736 he taught mathematics at the [[Collegio Clementino|Clementine College]]. mathematics and experimental physics. In 1743 [[Charles III of Spain|Charles III of Bourbon]] appointed him as his personal Librarian, Superintendent of the Stamperia Reale, and Keeper of the [[Museum of Capodimonte]]. Della Torre was a member of the Academy of Sciences of Naples. He was also corresponding member of the Academies of Sciences of Paris and Berlin, and of the [[Royal Society]] of London.{{sfn|Baldini|1989}} He was one of the founding members of the [[Accademia Ercolanese]].{{sfn|Baldini|1989}} |
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Della Torre was a man of great learning, but his main research fields were [[microscopy]] and [[volcanology]]. His major contribution was the series of books on the ”Scienza della natura” (Science of Nature) published initially in two volumes (1748-49). The work covers a wide range of scientific subjects in a systematic way and contains many original observations.{{sfn|Baldini|1989}} |
Della Torre was a man of great learning, but his main research fields were [[microscopy]] and [[volcanology]]. His major contribution was the series of books on the ”Scienza della natura” (Science of Nature) published initially in two volumes (1748-49). The work covers a wide range of scientific subjects in a systematic way and contains many original observations.{{sfn|Baldini|1989}} |
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Giovanni Maria Della Torre FRS (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.
Biography[edit]
Della Torre was born in Rome and sources differ on his birth year. His father Marquis Michele came from Lavagna but had moved to Genoa. In 1720 Della Torre began is studies at the Clementine College. Under the guidance of the mathematician Domenico Chelucci (1681–1754), General of the Piarist Order, a wholly new type of teachers and professors was being trained here, who were taught the classics thoroughly, but also acquired a sound knowledge of the sciences, of geography and of history.
Della Torre joined the Somaschi Fathers in 1729, taking his final vows on 30 November 1730. From 1736 he taught mathematics at the Clementine College. In 1738 was appointed to teach mathematics and experimental physics in the archiepiscopal seminary in Naples. In 1743 Charles III of Bourbon appointed him as his personal Librarian, Superintendent of the Stamperia Reale, and Keeper of the Museum of Capodimonte. Della Torre was a member of the Academy of Sciences of Naples. He was also corresponding member of the Academies of Sciences of Paris and Berlin, and of the Royal Society of London. He was…
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