Antonio Schinella Conti ( 1677 - 1749 )

Birth: Padua, Italy (22 January 1677) Death: Padua, Italy (06 April 1749) Profession: Clergyman, Roman Catholic Research Field: Mathematics Education: Padua (admitted 1708) Career: Entered the Order of the Oratorians (1699); ordained priest; left the order (1708); travelled to France (1713-1715), to England (1715-1718), to Holland and Germany (1716), and to France again (1718-1726); on his return to Italy was a focal point for science in the Venetian Republic; died of apoplexy Membership: Fellow Election Date: 10/11/1715.