Niccolo cabo biography sample

Italian Jesuit philosopher, theologian, engineer and mathematician

Niccolò Cabeo, SJ (also known as Nicolaus Cabeus; February 26, &#; June 30, ) was an Italian Jesuitphilosopher, theologian, engineer and mathematician.

Biography

He was born in Ferrara in , and was educated at the Jesuit college in Parma beginning in He passed the next two years in Padua and spent &#;07 studying in Piacenza before completing three years (&#;10) of study in philosophy at Parma.

He spent another four years (&#;) studying theology in Parma and another year’s apprenticeship at Mantua. He then taught theology and mathematics in Parma, then in he became a preacher.

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For a time he received patronage of the Dukes of Mantua and the Este in Ferrara. During this time he was involved in hydraulics projects. He would later return to teach mathematics again in Genoa, the city where he would die in

He is noted for his contributions to physics experiments and observations.

He observed the