Jacopo Mazzoni

Jacopo Mazzoni
Jacobus Mazzonius
Jacopo Mazzoni
Born(1548-11-27)27 November 1548
Cesena, Papal States
Died10 April 1598(1598-04-10) (aged 49)
Ferrara, Papal States
NationalityItalian
EducationUniversity of Padua
Parent(s)Battista Mazzoni and Innocenza Mazzoni (née Masini)
EraRenaissance
School
  • Aristotelianism
  • Platonism
InstitutionsAccademia della Crusca
The shovel of Jacopo Mazzoni (Stagionato) at Accademia della Crusca

Jacopo Mazzoni (Latinized as Jacobus Mazzonius) (27 November 1548 – 10 April 1598) was an Italian philosopher, a professor in Pisa, and friend of Galileo Galilei.[1] His first name is sometimes reported as "Giacomo".

  1. ^ Heilbron, John (2010). Galileo. New York: Oxford University Press. pp. 46–112. ISBN 9780191625022.