Paolo toscanelli biography

This article is about an Italian mathematician. For other uses of Toscanelli, see Toscano (disambiguation).

Italian Renaissance astronomer (1397–1482)

Paolo dal Pozzo Toscanelli (1397 – 10 May 1482) was an Italian mathematician, astronomer, and cosmographer.

Life

Paolo dal Pozzo Toscanelli was born in Florence, the son of the physician Domenico Toscanelli and Biagia Mei.^[1] There is no precise information on his education and background. Gustavo Uzielli claimed in 1894 that Toscanelli studied at the University of Padua, but modern authors consider this pure conjecture.^[2] Toscanelli lived most of his life in Florence, with occasional excursions to Todi and Rome.

He is said to have entered into correspondence with scholars around Europe, but his writings have yet to be thoroughly researched.

Thanks to his long life, his intelligence and his wide interests, Toscanelli was one of the central figures in the intellectual and