Giuseppe Averani ( 1662 - 1738 )

Birth: Florence, Italy (20 March 1662) Death: Florence, Italy (20 or 24 August 1738) Education: Pisa; LLD (1684) Career: Offered a chair of mathematics at the University of Bologna by Vincenzo Viviani (FRS 1696), but declined; Professor of Civil Law at Pisa (1687-death); tutor in law to Gian Gastone de' Medici (1688); offered a chair of law at Turin but declined; at his death, he left his money to the poor and his library to the University of Pisa Memberships: Accademia della Crusca Membership: Fellow Election Date: 23/10/1712.