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Girolamo Ruscelli

Girolamo Ruscelli (1518–1566) was an Italian mathematician and cartographer active in Venice during the early 16th century. He was also an alchemist, writing pseudonymously as Alessio Piemontese.

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Girolamo Ruscelli

Niccolò Nelli. Portrait of Girolamo Ruscelli., 1566

Niccolò Nelli (circa 1530 date QS:P,+1530-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480- 1576 or 1585) · The Art Institute of Chicago · Public domain

Name
Girolamo Ruscelli
Birthplace
Viterbo, Papal States
Place of death
Venice, Republic of Venice
Died
1566
Occupation
* Mathematician
Movement
Renaissance humanism
Born
sources differ (1504 and 1518). · Viterbo.
Nationality
Republic of Venice.
Languages
Italian.

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Girolamo Ruscelli (1518–1566) was an Italian mathematician and cartographer active in Venice during the early 16th century. He was also an alchemist, writing pseudonymously as Alessio Piemontese.

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