Reverend Filippo Bonanni | |
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 A man playing serpent: Engraving from Bonanni's Gabinetto Armonico | |
| Born | January 7, 1638 |
| Died | 30 March 1723 (aged 85) |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Occupation(s) | Jesuit priest, university teacher, naturalist, physicist |
| Known for | Being one of the founding fathers of conchology |
| Parent | Lodovico Bonanni |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | Roman College |
| Doctoral advisor | Francesco Eschinardi[1] |
| Influences | |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Natural science, biology, optics |
| Sub-discipline | Conchology Lens manufacturing |
| Institutions | Kircherian Museum |
Filippo Bonanni; S.J. or Buonanni (7 January 1638 – 30 March 1723) was an Italian Jesuit scholar. His many works included treatises on fields ranging from anatomy to music. He created the earliest practical illustrated guide for shell collectors in 1681, for which he is considered a founder of conchology.[2] He also published a study of lacquer that has been of lasting value since his death.[3]
- ^ a b c d e Omodeo, Pietro (1972). "BUONANNI, Filippo". Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani, Volume 15: Buffoli–Caccianemici (in Italian). Rome: Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana. ISBN 978-8-81200032-6.
- ^ Enenkel, Karl A.E.; Smith, Paul J., eds. (2007). Early modern zoology: the construction of animals in science, literature and the visual arts. Leiden: Brill. ISBN 9789047422365. Retrieved 6 May 2015.
- ^ Bonanni, Filippo; Perugini, Flavia (2009). Techniques of Chinese lacquer : the classic eighteenth-century treatise on Asian varnish. Los Angeles: J. Paul Getty Museum. ISBN 9780892369539. Retrieved 6 May 2015.