Cristina Roccati | |
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| Born | 24 October 1732 Rovigo, Italy |
| Died | 16 March 1797 (aged 64) Rovigo, Italy |
| Burial place | Chiesa dei Santi Francesco e Giustina (Rovigo) |
| Education | University of Bologna |
| Occupation(s) | physicist and poet |
Cristina Roccati (24 October 1732 in Rovigo – 16 March 1797 in Rovigo) was an Italian physicist and poet who earned a degree at the University of Bologna (1751). This was the third academic qualification ever bestowed on a woman by an Italian university.[1][2]
- ^ William Clark, The Sciences in Enlightened Europe, University of Chicago Press, 1999, p. 318: "Cristina Roccati became the third woman to receive a university degree in Italy."
- ^ "Roccati Cristina — Scienza a due voci". scienzaa2voci.unibo.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2019-12-03.