Bassi-Verati, Laura (1711 - 1778)

Short name Bassi-Verati, Laura
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First name Laura
Birth name Bassi
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Alternative name Maria Cattarina Veratti
Date of birth 1711
Date of death 1778
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Sex Female
Place of birth Bologna
Place of death Bologna
Lived in Italy
Place of residence notes
Carlo Vandi, portrait of Laura Bassi, c. 1750, Museo di Palazzo Poggi, Bologna
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Bassi-Verati, Laura was ...
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Memberships Accademia dell' Arcadia (Rome)
Place(s) of Residence Italy
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Receptions of Bassi-Verati, Laura, the person (for receptions of her works, see under each individual Work)
Title Author Date Type
Lettres historiques et critiques sur l'Italie: Avec des Notes relatives à la situation actuelle de l'Italie, et la Liste raisonnée des Tableaux et autres Monuments qui ont été apportés à Paris, de Milan, de Rome, de Venise, etc. de Brosses, Charles 1799 comments on person
De l'Influence des femmes Mongellaz, Fanny 1828 is biography of
Carlo Vandi, portrait of Laura Bassi, c. 1750, Museo di Palazzo Poggi, Bologna None is portrait of
- Ferri, Pietro Leopoldo, "Bibliografia femminile italiana," (Padova, 1842), p. 41-42. - Offen, European Feminisms, 2000
NOT MENTIONED IN: - Buck, Guide to women's literature, 1992 Scientist, received doctorate from University of Bologna; appointed Prof. of physics at Univ. of Bologna. appears not to have been a publishing author, but some of her written work, including thesis are collected in Miscellany published in 1732. First woman to become a physics professor at a European university.