Jacopo Bartolomeo Beccari
Jacopo Bartolomeo Beccari FRS (25 July 1682 – 18 January 1766) was an Italian chemist, one of the leading scientists in Bologna in the first half of the eighteenth century. He is mainly known as the discoverer of the gluten in wheat flour.
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| Born | 25 July 1682 |
| Died | 18 January 1766 (aged 83) |
| Resting place | Madonna del Baraccano, Bologna |
| Nationality | Bolognese |
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| Known for | Discovery of gluten in wheat flour |
| Parent(s) | Romeo Beccari and Flaminia Vittoria Beccari (née Maccarini) |
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| Alma mater | University of Bologna |
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| Institutions | University of Bologna |
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Life
Jacopo Bartolomeo Beccari was born in Bologna on 25 July 1682. In 1737 he was the first to give courses in chemistry at an Italian university. He carried out important research on the phosphorescence of bodies, and studied the measurement of the intensity of the light emitted[1] (De rebus aliisque adamant in phosphorum numerum referendis, 1745). He also studied the action of light on silver salts (De vi, quam ipsa per se lux habet, non colores modo, sed etiam texturam rerum, salvis interdum coloribus, immutandi, 1757). From his comments on foraminifera he is considered as one of the pioneers of microbiology.
Working at the Academy of Sciences of Bologna Institute, Beccari looked for ways to make populations resistant to famine through a new type of emergency diet.[2]
Beccari died in Bologna on 18 January 1766.
Works
- De Bononiensi arena quadam, in De Bononiensi scientiarum et artium Instituto atque Academia Commentarii, 1731, T. I, pp. 62-70;
- De Lapide Bononiensi, ibid., T. I., pp. 181-205;
- De motu intestino corporum fluidorum, ibid., T. I, pp. 483-496;
- Lettera al Cav. Tommaso Derham intorno la meteora chiamata "foco fatuo", in Saggio delle transazioni filosofiche della Società Regia dall'anno 1720 fino a tutto l'anno 1730, tradotta da T. Derham, Napoli 1734;
- Parere intorno al taglio della macchia di Viareggio, Lucca 1739;
- De juribus variis, in De Bononiensi scientiarum et artium Instituto atque Academia Commentarii, 1745, T. II, pp. 95-108;
- De corporum dissolutionibus, ibid., T. II, pp. 112-117;
- De frumento. De Bononiensi scientiarum et artium instituto atque academia commentarii. Tomi secundi, Pars prima, 1745, pp. 122-127,
- De morbis quibusdam popularibus, ibid., T. II, pp. 219 s.;
- De longa cibi potusque omnis abstinentia, ibid., T. II, pp. 221-235;
- De luce dactylorum, ibid, T. II, pp. 248-273;
- De adamante aliisque rebus in phosphororum numerum referendis, ibid., T. II, pp. 274-303;
- De quamplurimis phosphoris nunc primum detectis commentarius, in De Bononiensi scientiarum et artium Instituto atque Academia Commentarii, 1747, T. II, pp. 136-179;
- De Bononiensi constitutione hyemali anni 1729/30 in Acta physico-medica Academiae Naturae Curiosorum, 1752, T. III, pp. 142-152;
- De qualitatibus quibusdam, quae phosphororum luci obstant, in De Bononiensi scientiarum et artium Instituto atque Academia Commentarii, 1755, T. III, pp. 105-113;
- De medicatis recobarii aquis, ibid., T- III, pp. 374-405;
- De vi, quam ipsa per se lux habet, non colores modo, sed etiam texturam rerum, salvis interdum coloribus, immutandi, in De Bononiensi scientiarum et artium Instituto atque Academia Commentarii, 1757, T. IV, pp. 74-87;
- De lacte, ibid., 1767, T. V, pp. 1-56;
- Consulta medica, Tipografia San Tommaso D'Aquino, Bologna 1777-1781, 3 voll.
References
Citations
- Beccari, Bartolomeo (1744). De quamplurimis phosphoris nunc primum detectis commentarius. Bologna, Italy: Ex typographia Laelii a Vulpe.
- Storia Accademia delle Scienze dell'istituto.
Sources
- Scarselli, Flaminio (1766). Nelle solenni esequie del celebre filosofo e medico bolognese Giacomo Bartolomeo Beccari orazione. Bologna: della Volpe.
- "Storia Accademia delle Scienze dell'istituto di Bologna". Ministero per i Beni e le Attività Culturali. Archived from the original on 15 September 2007. Retrieved 15 January 2013.
- Dario Camuffo; Antonio della Valle; Chiara Bertolin; Elena Santorelli (2017). "Temperature observations in Bologna, Italy, from 1715 to 1815: a comparison with other contemporary series and an overview of three centuries of changing climate". Climatic Change. 142 (1–2): 7–22. doi:10.1007/s10584-017-1931-2. ISSN 0165-0009. S2CID 157885502.
- Dario Camuffo; Francesca Becherini; Antonio della Valle (2019). "The Beccari series of precipitation in Bologna, Italy, from 1723 to 1765". Climatic Change. 155 (3): 359–376. doi:10.1007/s10584-019-02482-x. ISSN 0165-0009. S2CID 198648131.
External links
- Crespi, Mario; Gaudiano, Aldo (1965). "Beccari, Iacopo Bartolomeo". Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani, Volume 7: Bartolucci–Bellotto (in Italian). Rome: Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana. ISBN 978-8-81200032-6.