Giovanni Antonio Lecchi

Giovanni Antonio Lecchi or Giannantonio Lecchi (Milan, 17 November 1702 - 24 July 1776) was an Italian Jesuit and mathematician.[1] He lived and worked with success in Milan rising to a notable level of prominence.[2]

Giovanni Antonio Lecchi
Portrait of Giovanni Antonio Lecchi
Born17 November 1702 Edit this on Wikidata
Milan, Duchy of Milan
Died24 July 1776, 24 August 1776 Edit this on Wikidata (aged 73)
Milan, Duchy of Milan
OccupationMathematician, engineer Edit this on Wikidata

Life

Trigonometriae theorico-practicae planae et sphericae, 1756

Born in Milan, his family owned Villa Lecchi in Crescenzago. After completing his studies at the Jesuit College of Brera in Milan, he joined the Society of Jesus in 1718, professing the vows in 1736.

At first professor of humanities in Pavia and Vercelli, Lecchi taught mathematics and hydraulics at the Brera College in Milan from 1738 to 1773. He was technical consultant to the Milan's Senate on hydraulic matters. His first work was published in Milan in 1739 and it was about the theory of light ("Theoria lucis, opticam, perspectivam, catoptricam, dioptricam").[3]

In 1759, the Austrian Empress, Maria Theresa conferred upon him the title of imperial mathematician and hydraulic engineer, for which he received an annual pension of 300 florins. Later, Pope Clement XIII appointed him the director of hydraulic works, but he renounced the appointment with the advent of Pope Clement XIV.

He died in Milan in 1776.[2]

Works

Map from Memorie idrostatico-storiche delle operazioni eseguite nell'inalveazione del Reno di Bologna, 1773
Trattato de' canali navigabili, 1776

References

  1. "Lecchi, Antonio (1702 - 1776) in CERL Thesaurus".
  2. Brambilla 2005.
  3. Mario Di Fidio, Claudio Gandolfi (2014). "Idraulici italiani" (PDF). Fondazione BEIC. p. 197.
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