Person: DELLA PORTA, Giambattista (c.1535-1615)

Person summary

Biographical summary of this person

Full name

Giovanni Battista DELLA PORTA

Gender

male

Relevance of this person

scholar and scientist, author of texts dealing with optics

Main period of activity

N/A

Chronology

Date

Age

Event/activity

c.1535

born at

Vico Equense, Campania, Italy

4 February 1615

~80

died at

Napoli, Campania, Italy

Reference

Willem Tebra, ‘[Book review: Magie lumineuse]’ in NMLJ 2.2 (January 1982), p. 12

Lucerna ID 6003584

Record created by Richard Crangle. Last updated 23 February 2015

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Person: DELLA PORTA, Giambattista (c.1535-1615)