Giovanni Antonio Lecchi


Giovanni Antonio Lecchi or Giannantonio Lecchi (Milan, 17 November 1702 - 24 July 1776) was an Italian jesuit and mathematician.[1]

Portrait of Giovanni Antonio Lecchi

He lived and worked with success in Milan rising to a notable level of prominence.[2]

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.

He taught humanities in Pavia and Vercelli and later mathematics and eloquence in Milan. His first work was published in Milan in 1739 and it was about the theory of light ("Theoria lucis, opticam, perspectivam, catoptricam, dioptricam").[3]

The empress Maria Theresa called him in Vienna nominating him the imperial mathematician and hydrographer. 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 1776.[4]

Works

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

References

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