Vincenzo Antinori
Vincenzo Antinori (born February 24, 1792 in Florence , † July 22, 1865 there ) was an Italian physicist .
Life
Vincenzo Antinori came from an old Florentine family and was a son of Nicolò Antinori and Anna Carbonaci. He studied mathematics and physics and then worked at the Museum of Physics and Natural History in Florence, but withdrew after the lectures in the museum had been canceled in 1814 after the restoration of the House of Lorraine. In 1833 he was appointed director of the museum and appointed Giovanni Battista Amici and Leopoldo Nobili to the chair of astronomy and physics, respectively. He was the initiator of the Congress of Italian Scientists in Pisa (1839) and Florence (1841). In 1839 he also organized the Italian Meteorological Archive . After Marchese Ridolfi took up the post of Minister of the Interior in 1847, Antinori was appointed educator of the children of Grand Duke Leopold II and, in 1856, chief steward of Archduke Ferdinand. In April 1859 he resigned from the latter position and, after the annexation of Tuscany , from the management of the museum.
As a member of the language society Accademia della Crusca , Antinori wrote numerous articles on scientific topics. In addition to his official and teaching activities, he dealt with research on the origin of the Galilean experimental school and the history of the Accademia del Cimento and published his results in 1841. The Tribuna di Galilei also owes its foundation to him. Antinori's writings are mainly compendiums of the history of physics in Italy; this is where his research on Galileo Galilei and the life of Alessandro Volta and Leopoldo Nobilis belong .
Fonts
- Vita di Simone Bianchini, famiglio di Casa Antinori
literature
- Gaspare De Caro: Antinori, Vincenzio. In: Alberto M. Ghisalberti (Ed.): Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (DBI). Volume 3: Ammirato – Arcoleo. Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome 1961.
Web links
- Antinori, Vincenzo. In: Enciclopedie on line. Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome. Retrieved October 18, 2013.
- Entry in the membership list of the Crusca
- Publications by Vincenzo Antinori in the Opac des Servizio Bibliotecario Nazionale (SBN)
- Standard entry in the Opac of the SBN
Individual evidence
- ^ Museo Galileo - Institute and Museum of the History of Science: Vincenzo Antinori
- ↑ Museo Galileo: Vincenzo Antinori
- ^ Open Library: Vincenzo Antinori
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Antinori, Vincenzo |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian physicist, director of the Museum of Physics and Natural History in Florence |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 24, 1792 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Florence |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 22, 1865 |
| Place of death | Florence |