Quo Fuit places 4 dated presences for Roger Joseph Boscovich across 4 places, from 1711 to 1783.
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Roger Joseph Boscovich (18 May 1711 – 13 February 1787) was a physicist, astronomer, mathematician, philosopher, diplomat, poet, theologian, Jesuit priest, and a polymath from the Republic of Ragusa.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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Where Roger Joseph Boscovich was documented, and when
18 May 1711exact date
Dubrovnikattested“Boscovich was born on 18 May 1711 in Dubrovnik, Republic of Ragusa, to Paola Bettera (1674–1777), daughter of a local nobleman of Italian origin, and Nikola Bošković, a Ragusan merchant.”source: Wikipedia: Roger Joseph Boscovich
1758year
Viennaattested“In Vienna in 1758, he published the first edition of his famous work, Philosophiæ naturalis theoria redacta ad unicam legem virium in natura existentium (Theory of Natural philosophy derived to the single Law of forces which exist in Nat…”source: Wikipedia: Roger Joseph Boscovich
1783 to 1785period
Italyattested“In 1783, he returned to Italy and spent two years at Bassano, occupying himself with the publication of his Opera pertinentia ad opticam et astronomiam, etc., published in 1785 in five volumes quarto.”source: Wikipedia: Roger Joseph Boscovich
1783 to 1785period
Bassano del Grappaattested“In 1783, he returned to Italy and spent two years at Bassano, occupying himself with the publication of his Opera pertinentia ad opticam et astronomiam, etc., published in 1785 in five volumes quarto.”source: Wikipedia: Roger Joseph Boscovich
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Venicementioned“A volume of his religious verse, Hvale Duhovne, was published in Venice in 1729.”source: Wikipedia: Roger Joseph Boscovich
1731year
Collegium Romanummentioned“We learn nothing from Bošković himself until the time he entered the novitiate in 1731, but it was the usual practice for novices to spend the first two years not in the Collegium Romanum but in Sant'Andrea delle Fratte.”source: Wikipedia: Roger Joseph Boscovich
1757year
Viennamentioned“As an agent of Lucca, Bošković was sent, in 1757, to Vienna and succeeded in bringing about a satisfactory arrangement in the matter.”source: Wikipedia: Roger Joseph Boscovich
1757year
Ljubljanamentioned“Bošković visited Laibach, the capital of Carniola (now Ljubljana, Slovenia), at least in 1757, 1758, and 1763, and made contact with the Jesuits and the Franciscan friars in the town.”source: Wikipedia: Roger Joseph Boscovich
1760year
Londonmentioned“Bošković was selected to undertake an ambassadorship to London in 1760, to convince the British that nothing of the sort had occurred and provide proof of Ragusa's neutrality.”source: Wikipedia: Roger Joseph Boscovich
1763year
Viennamentioned“A second edition was published in 1763 in Venice and a third again in Vienna in 1764.”source: Wikipedia: Roger Joseph Boscovich
1763year
Venicementioned“A second edition was published in 1763 in Venice and a third again in Vienna in 1764.”source: Wikipedia: Roger Joseph Boscovich
1764year
Milanmentioned“In 1764, he was called to serve as the chair of mathematics at the University of Pavia, and for six years he held this post with the directorship of the observatory of Brera in Milan, That is where Charles Burney met him; since Burney's…”source: Wikipedia: Roger Joseph Boscovich
1764year
University of Paviamentioned“In 1764, he was called to serve as the chair of mathematics at the University of Pavia, and for six years he held this post with the directorship of the observatory of Brera in Milan, That is where Charles Burney met him; since Burney's…”source: Wikipedia: Roger Joseph Boscovich
1769year
Californiamentioned“He was invited by the Royal Society of London to undertake an expedition to California to observe the transit of Venus in 1769 again, but this was prevented by the recent decree of the Spanish government expelling Jesuits from its domini…”source: Wikipedia: Roger Joseph Boscovich
1773year
Dubrovnikmentioned“Deprived of his post by the intrigues of his associates, he was about to retire to Dubrovnik when in 1773, the news of the suppression of his order in Italy reached him.”source: Wikipedia: Roger Joseph Boscovich
1773year
Italymentioned“Deprived of his post by the intrigues of his associates, he was about to retire to Dubrovnik when in 1773, the news of the suppression of his order in Italy reached him.”source: Wikipedia: Roger Joseph Boscovich
1777year
Milanmentioned“About 1777, he returned to Milan, where he continued to teach and direct the Brera observatory.”source: Wikipedia: Roger Joseph Boscovich
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