Giacomo Bartolommeo Beccari ( 1682 - 1766 )

Birth: Bologna, Italy (25 July 1682) Death: Bologna, Italy (? 19 January 1766) Burial Place: Church of the Baraccano Profession: Physician Research Field: Physiology, chemistry Education: Bologna; BA, MB (1704) Career: Lecturer in Logic at Bologna (1709); Professor of Theoretical Medicine (1712), then Professor of Practical Medicine at the University of Bologna; taught experimental physics (1714) and chemistry (1734) at the Academy of Bologna; Professor of Chemistry at the University (the first chair of chemistry in Italy) (1737-1749); declined the chair of medicine at Padau and the post of Chief Physician to Pope Benedict XIV Memberships: Accademia degli Inquieti; Istituto e Accademia bolognesi delle Scienze e delle Arte Membership: Fellow Election Date: 27/06/1728 Proposers: Sir Thomas Dereham; Sir Hans Sloane; James Jurin.