Carlo Amoretti
Carlo Amoretti (born March 16, 1741 in Oneglia, today Imperia (Liguria) , † March 24, 1816 in Milan ) was an Italian scholar.
Life
After the son of a wealthy merchant attended the Piarist school, Amoretti entered the Augustinian order in 1757 at the age of 16 . To deepen his studies, he first went to Pavia, then to Parma. There he soon became an advocate of the reforms of the Minister Guillaume Du Tillot . After the abolition of the order in the Duchy of Parma in 1769, Amoretti became a secular clergyman and received a professorship for canon law at the University of Parma , which he lost after the overthrow of Du Tillot such as Claude-François-Xavier Millot , Francesco Soave and other supporters of the minister. Amoretti settled in Milan, where he was able to secure his livelihood as an educator in the house of Marchese Ferdinando Cusani . In addition to numerous other publications, an Italian edition of the history of art in antiquity by Johann Joachim Winckelmann appeared in 1779 . In 1797 Amoretti was appointed librarian of the Biblioteca Ambrosiana .
Amoretti has rendered outstanding services to mineralogy as well as to palaeography and art history . From 1808 he was a corresponding member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences .
The lawyer Maria Amoretti (1756–1787) was his niece.
Works (selection)
- Nuova scelta d'opuscoli interestingi sulle scienze e sulle arti . Milan 1775–88 (27 vols.)
- Viaggio di Milano ai tre laghi maggiore . Milan 1794 (online editions 1801 ; 1817 ).
- Della raddomanzia ossia elettrometria animale ricerche fisiche e storiche . Milan 1808 ( online ).
- Elementi di elettrometria animale . Milan 1816 ( online ).
literature
- Renzo De Felice : Amoretti, Carlo. In: Alberto M. Ghisalberti (Ed.): Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (DBI). Volume 3: Ammirato – Arcoleo. Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome 1961.
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Amoretti, Karl . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 1st part. University book printer L. C. Zamarski (formerly JP Sollinger), Vienna 1856, p. 31 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Sereno Musitelli: Un poligrafo onegliese del Settecento. L'abate Carlo Amoretti <1741-1816> . Alassio 1935.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Amoretti, Carlo |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian scholar |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 16, 1741 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Imperia (Liguria) |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 24, 1816 |
| Place of death | Milan |