Giovanni Paradisi (1760,

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– 26 August 1826) was an Italian mathematician, politician and poet. His father was the poet and economist Count Agostino Paradisi.

Biography

He was born in Reggio Emilia, to a poet father, more famous than wealthy. He studied at the

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, and in 1783, he was named professor of geometry at the school. Giovanni and his father's selected works were published in Milan in 1828. With the creation of the

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under Napoleonic occupation, Giovanni was named one of the directors of the new government. But a dispute with general Brune led to his dismissal. With the return of Hapsburg government, he was imprisoned at the Fort of Cattaro. After the

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, and the defeat of the Austrians, he was recalled to government. He held a variety of positions, including president of the Senate in the years 1809, 1811, and 1812. He supported Napoleon's goals to claim the title of king of Italy, and as a reward was granted a title of count, and awards of the

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and Legion of Honor. He lobbied unsuccessfully to have

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named as king of the North Italian republic. With Napoleon's fall, his main income was teaching mathematics.Continuazione al Nuovo dizionario istorico degli uomini che si sono renduti piu celebri...
Tomo VI; Gioacchino M. Olivier-Poli, Published by R. Marotta and Vanspandoch, Naples (1825); page 375-376.

Works

* ''Proposizioni fisico-matematiche'', Modena, 1779, in 4 ; * ''Discorso recitato nella prima adunanza dell instituto italiano'', in-4 ; * ''Ricerche sulla vibrazione delle lamine elastiche'',

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, 1806; * ''Il vitalizio, commedia'', ''Milano'', 1822;

References

Bibliography

*Carlo Capra, ''‘La generosa nave’: appunti per una biografia di Giovanni Paradisi (la formazione e l’esordio politico)'', in ''Ricerche di storia in onore di F. Della Peruta'', Milano, F. Angeli, 1996, vol. I, pp. 65–89 *Claudio Chiancone, ''Il circolo Paradisi e il “Poligrafo”'', in ''Istituzioni e cultura in età napoleonica'', a c. di E. Brambilla, C. Capra e A. Scotti, Milano, FrancoAngeli, 2008, pp. 232–250 1760 births 1826 deaths Italian mathematicians 19th-century Italian politicians Italian poets {{Italy-scientist-stub