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Ruđer Josip BoškovićBorn 18 May 1711 (1711-05-18)Dubrovnik, Republic of Ragusa (today Croatia) Died 13 February 1787 (aged 75) Milan, Duchy of Milan Residence Dubrovnik, Rome, Venice, Paris, Istanbul, Milan, Bassano Fields Theology, Physics, Astronomy, Mathematics, Natural philosophy, Diplomacy, Poetry Institutions Brera Observatory, University of Pavia Alma mater Pontifical Gregorian University Known for precursor of the Atomic theory, founder of Brera Observatory |
Ruđer Josip Bošković ( French: Roger Joseph Boskovich , Italian: Ruggero Giuseppe Boscovich , Latin: Rogerius Josephus Boscovich ) (18 May 1711 – 13 February 1787) was a theologian, physicist, astronomer, mathematician, philosopher, diplomat, poet, Jesuit, and a polymath[1] from the city of Dubrovnik in the Republic of Ragusa (today in Croatia), who studied and lived in Italy and France.[2]
He is famous for his atomic theory and made many important contributions to astronomy, including the first geometric procedure for determining the equator of a rotating planet from three observations of a surface feature and for computing the orbit of a planet from three observations of its position. In 1753 he also discovered the absence of atmosphere on the Moon.[3]
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