The Catholic encyclopedia (Volume 2); an international work of reference on the constitution, doctrine, discipline and history of the Catholic Church . in, 1901); Weber in Kirchenlex., X, 1568 sqq.; Ville-FRANCHE, Don Bosco, tr. Martin (London). E. F. Saxton. Boscovich, RuGGiEEO Giuseppe, a DalmatianJesuit and well-known mathematician, astronomer,and natural philosopher, b. at Ragusa, 18 May, 1711;d. at Milan, 13 February, 1787. He was the youngestof six brothers and his education was begun at the Jesuit college ofhis native early im-pressed by thesuccess achievedby his masters here
The Catholic encyclopedia (Volume 2); an international work of reference on the constitution, doctrine, discipline and history of the Catholic Church . in, 1901); Weber in Kirchenlex., X, 1568 sqq.; Ville-FRANCHE, Don Bosco, tr. Martin (London). E. F. Saxton. Boscovich, RuGGiEEO Giuseppe, a DalmatianJesuit and well-known mathematician, astronomer,and natural philosopher, b. at Ragusa, 18 May, 1711;d. at Milan, 13 February, 1787. He was the youngestof six brothers and his education was begun at the Jesuit college ofhis native early im-pressed by thesuccess achievedby his masters heresolved to seekadmission intheir ranks andon 31 October,1725, at theyouthful age offourteen, he en-tered the noviti-ate of the Societyof Jesus in unusual tal-ents manifestedthemselves par-ticularly duringthe years devot-ed to literary andphilosophicalstudies at the Collegio Romano, the most cele-brated of the colleges of the Society of , for example, young Boscovich discovered forhimself the proof of the theorem of Pythagoras. Hisprofessors, especially Father Horatius Borgondi,professor of mathematics, knew how to cultivate his. RuGGiERO Giuseppe Boscovich talents, and he made such progress, especially inmathematics, that he was able to take the place of hisformer professor at the Roman College even beforethe completion of his theological studies. As soon ashe had completed the ordinary studies of a youngJesuit, he was appointed regular professor of mathe-matical science in the same college. He performedthe duties of this office with much distinction for awhole generation, as is evidenced by the numerousLatin dissertations which he published nearly everyyear, according to the custom of the time. Theseshow Boscovichs preference for astronomical prob-lems. Among them may be mentioned: The Sun-spots (1736); The Transit of Mercury (1737);The Aurora Borealis (1738); The Applications ofthe Telescope in Astronomical Studies (1739); TheFigure of the Earth (1739); The
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