Francesco Cetti

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Francesco Cetti SJ (9 August 1726 – 20 November 1778) was an Italian Jesuit priest, zoologist and mathematician.

Francesco Cetti SJ
Francesco Cetti
Born	(1726-08-09)9 August 1726 Mannheim, Electorate of the Palatinate
Died	20 November 1778(1778-11-20) (aged 52) Sassari, Kingdom of Sardinia
Known for	Storia Naturale di Sardegna (Natural History of Sardinia) (1774–1777)
Scientific career
Fields	Mathematics Zoology Natural history
Workplaces	University of Sassari

Early life and education

Cetti was born in Mannheim in Germany, but his parents were natives of Como. He was educated in Lombardy and at the Jesuit college at Monza.

Career

He entered the Jesuit novitiate in Milan on 12 October 1742, and professed the four vows on 2 February 1760. He devoted himself to scientific studies and taught for several years philosophy and mathematics at the Jesuit College of Brera, soon becoming one of the most prominent members of the Milanese province.

In 1765, he was sent to Sardinia to help improve the standard of education on the island. In 1766, he was appointed to the Chair of Mathematics at the University of Sassari, holding that position until his death.

Cetti took long excursions in the vicinity of Sassari, collating his discoveries in the Storia Naturale di Sardegna (Natural History of Sardinia, 1774–7). This has three volumes, covering mammals, birds and amphibians with fishes. A supplement on mammals was published in 1777.

Legacy

Cetti is commemorated in the name of the Cetti's warbler (Cettia cetti), which was collected on Sardinia by Alberto della Marmora.

Works

• Cetti, Francesco (1774). Storia Naturale di Sardegna (in Italian). Vol. 1: I Quadrupedi di Sardegna. Sassari: G. Piattoli.
• Cetti, Francesco (1776). Storia Naturale di Sardegna (in Italian). Vol. 2: Gli Uccelli di Sardegna. Sassari: G. Piattoli.
• Cetti, Francesco (1777). Storia Naturale di Sardegna (in Italian). Vol. 3: Anfibi e Pesci di Sardegna. Sassari: G. Piattoli.
• Cetti, Francesco (1777). Appendice alla storia naturale dei quadrupedi di Sardegna (in Italian). Sassari: G. Piattoli.

References

Further reading

• Baldino, Maria (1931). "Francesco Cetti illustratore della fauna sarda". Rivista di storia delle scienze mediche e naturali. XIII: 476–79.
• Mearns, Barbara; Mearns, Richard (1988). Biographies for Birdwatchers : the lives of those commemorated in Western Palearctic bird names. London: Academic Press. ISBN 0-12-487422-3.
• Mattone, Antonello; Sanna, Piero (2002). "Francesco Cetti e la storia naturale della Sardegna". Studi Storici (in Italian). 43 (4): 967–1002. JSTOR 20567170.

External links

• Baldini, Ugo (1980). "CETTI, Francesco". Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (in Italian). Vol. 24: Cerreto–Chini. Rome: Institute of the Italian Encyclopaedia. ISBN 978-88-12-00032-6.
• Zoologica Göttingen State and University Library

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