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Cristina Roccati
Cristina Roccati
Born	24 October 1732; Rovigo, Italy
Died	16 March 1797 (aged 64); Rovigo, Italy
Burial place	Chiesa dei Santi Francesco e Giustina (Rovigo)
Education	University of Bologna
Occupation(s)	physicist and poet

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Cristina Roccati (24 October 1732 in Rovigo – 16 March 1797 in Rovigo) was an Italian physicist and poet who earned a degree at the University of Bologna (1751). This was the third academic qualification ever bestowed on a woman by an Italian university.^[1]^[2]

Biography

Roccati was born to Giovan Battista and Antonia Campo, who belonged to a well-off family in Rovigo, Italy.^[2]

Roccati studied classical languages under Peter Bertaglia Arquà, rector of the seminary at Rovigo, and at the age of 15 she won accolades from the Accademia dei Concordi Ordna for her poems.^{[citation needed]} In 1747, she was given permission by her parents to study natural philosophy at the University of Bologna under the guardianship of Bertaglia. There, she was admitted to the university the same year as the first non-Bolognese student.^[2] She studied literature, logic, metaphysics, morality, meteorology and astronomy, but she concentrated much of her effort on physics and natural science.^[2]

She was decorated for her poems and sonnets in Bologna, just as she had been in Rovigo.^[2] She became a member of the Academy of Concordia (1749), the Accademia degli Apatisti in Florence (1750) and the Accademia nell'Arcadia (under the name Aganice Aretusiana) (1753), as well as the Accademia degli Ardenti in Bologna and the Ricoverati in Padua.^{[citation needed]}

On 5 May 1751, during a time when opportunities for higher education were often denied to women, Roccati, who was considered a prodigy, was awarded a degree in philosophy becoming, according to Wertheim, "only the third woman ever to gain academic qualifications."^[3] She went on to study at the University of Padua with concentrations in Newtonian physics, Greek and Hebrew, while continuing to cultivate her literary interests and compose new verses. Beginning in 1751, she was active as a teacher in physics at the Accademia dei Concordi di Rovigo (and taught there until at least 1777). In 1752, however, her family fell into financial ruin forcing her to interrupt her studies at Padua and return home to Rovigo where she taught physics.^[2]^[3]

At the Accademia dei Concordi in Rovigo, Roccati held evening courses in Newtonian physics for other members. Of her lesson plans for those lectures, only 51 have been found. In 1754, she was elected president of the Accademia dei Concordi of Rovigo.^[2]

Cristina Roccati died in Rovigo on 16 March 1797.^[2]

References

^ William Clark, The Sciences in Enlightened Europe, University of Chicago Press, 1999, p. 318: "Cristina Roccati became the third woman to receive a university degree in Italy."
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "Roccati Cristina — Scienza a due voci". scienzaa2voci.unibo.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2019-12-03.
^ ^a ^b Wertheim, Margaret. (1995). Pythagoras' trousers : God, physics, and the gender wars. Fourth Estate. p. 143. ISBN 1-85702-583-0. OCLC 911338165.

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-'''Cristina Roccati''' (Rovigo, 24 October 1732 – Rovigo, 16 March 1797) was an Italian scholar and poet. She was on her way to an illustrious academic career following a degree at the University of Bologna (1751), only the third academic qualification ever bestowed on a woman by a European university, when economic problems impelled her return to the Venetian provinces (Rovigo), where she nonetheless continued to teach physics for decades.
+| name               = Cristina Roccati
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+| birth_place        = [[Rovigo]], Italy
+| death_date         = {{Death date and age|1797|3|16|1732|10|24|df=y}}
+| death_place        = [[Rovigo]], Italy
+| education          = [[University of Bologna]]
+| occupation         = physicist and poet
+| burial_place       = Chiesa dei Santi Francesco e Giustina (Rovigo)
+}}
+'''Cristina Roccati''' (24 October 1732 in [[Rovigo]] – 16 March 1797 in Rovigo) was an Italian physicist and poet who earned a degree at the [[University of Bologna]] (1751). This was the third academic qualification ever bestowed on a woman by an Italian university.<ref>William Clark, ''The Sciences in Enlightened Europe'', University of Chicago Press, 1999, p. 318: "Cristina Roccati became the third woman to receive a university degree in Italy."</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://scienzaa2voci.unibo.it/biografie/86-roccati-cristina|title=Roccati Cristina — Scienza a due voci|website=scienzaa2voci.unibo.it|language=it|access-date=2019-12-03}}</ref>
 ==Biography==
+Roccati was born to Giovan Battista and Antonia Campo, who belonged to a well-off family in Rovigo, Italy.<ref name=":0" />
-Roccati was a member of a noble family in Rovigo. She studied Classic language under [[Peter Bertaglia Arquà]], master at the seminar at Rovigo, and was at the age of fifteen received and admired by the Academy of Rovigo Ordna for her poems. In 1747, she was given permission by her parents to study natural philosophy at the University of Bologna under the guardianship of Bertaglia. She was accepted at the university the same year. She studied literature, logic, metaphysics, moral, meteorology and astronomy, but concentrated at physic and natural science. She was also decorated for her poetry. She became a member of the Academy of Concordia (1749), the academy tra gli Apatisti di Firenze (1750) and the academy nell’Arcadia under the name ''Aganice Aretusiana'' (1753), as well as the academy nell’Accademia degli Ardenti di Bologna e dei Ricoverati a Padova.
+Roccati studied classical languages under [[Peter Bertaglia Arquà]], rector of the seminary at Rovigo, and at the age of 15 she won accolades from the Accademia dei Concordi Ordna for her poems.{{CN|date=May 2023}} In 1747, she was given permission by her parents to study natural philosophy at the University of Bologna under the guardianship of Bertaglia. There, she was admitted to the university the same year as the first non-Bolognese student.<ref name=":0" /> She studied literature, logic, metaphysics, morality, meteorology and astronomy, but she concentrated much of her effort on physics and natural science.<ref name=":0" />
-She graduated in philosophy the 5 May 1751. She was active as a teacher in physics at the Academy of Concordi from 1751 until at least 1777. From 1751, she also studied at the University of Padua. In 1752, however, financial difficulties for her family made her interrupt her studies at Padua. She was elected president of the Academy of Concordi in 1754.
+She was decorated for her poems and sonnets in Bologna, just as she had been in Rovigo.<ref name=":0" /> She became a member of the Academy of Concordia (1749), the [[Accademia degli Apatisti]] in Florence (1750) and the Accademia nell'Arcadia (under the name Aganice Aretusiana) (1753), as well as the Accademia degli Ardenti in Bologna and the Ricoverati in Padua.{{CN|date=May 2023}}
+On 5 May 1751, during a time when opportunities for higher education were often denied to women, Roccati, who was considered a prodigy, was awarded a degree in philosophy becoming, according to Wertheim, "only the third woman ever to gain academic qualifications."<ref name=":2">{{Cite book|url=http://worldcat.org/oclc/911338165|title=Pythagoras' trousers : God, physics, and the gender wars|last=Wertheim, Margaret.|publisher=Fourth Estate|year=1995|isbn=1-85702-583-0|pages=143|oclc=911338165}}</ref> She went on to study at the [[University of Padua]] with concentrations in Newtonian physics, Greek and Hebrew, while continuing to cultivate her literary interests and compose new verses. Beginning in 1751, she was active as a teacher in physics at the Accademia dei Concordi di Rovigo (and taught there until at least 1777). In 1752, however, her family fell into financial ruin forcing her to interrupt her studies at Padua and return home to Rovigo where she taught physics.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":2" />
+At the Accademia dei Concordi in Rovigo, Roccati held evening courses in Newtonian physics for other members. Of her lesson plans for those lectures, only 51 have been found. In 1754, she was elected president of the Accademia dei Concordi of Rovigo.<ref name=":0" />
+Cristina Roccati died in Rovigo on 16 March 1797.<ref name=":0" />
 == See also ==
 * [[Elena Cornaro Piscopia]]
+* [[Laura Bassi]]
 * [[Sophia Elisabet Brenner]]
 * [[Aurora Liljenroth]]
+* [[Timeline of women in science]]
+==References==
+{{reflist}}
 ==Further reading==
-* ''Pythagoras' Trousers: God, Physics, and the Gender Wars'' by Margaret Wertheim (ISBN 0393317244)
+* {{cite book|title=Pythagoras' Trousers: God, Physics, and the Gender Wars|first=Margaret|last=Wertheim|ISBN=978-0-393-31724-4|publisher=W. W. Norton & Company|year=1997}}
-* [http://www.stanford.edu/class/history213/SiCcopyedited.htm "Becoming a Scientist," by Paula Findlen]
+* {{cite journal|url=http://www.stanford.edu/class/history213/SiCcopyedited.htm|title=Becoming a Scientist: Gender and Knowledge in Eighteenth-Century Italy|first=Paula|last=Findlen|date=2003|journal=Science in Context|volume=16|issue=1/2|pages=59–87|DOI=10.1017/S026988970300070X|doi-access=free}}
+* {{DBI|url=https://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/cristina-roccati_(Dizionario-Biografico)|volume=88|last=Focaccia|first=Miriam|title=ROCCATI, Cristina}}
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-==References==
-* [http://scienzaa2voci.unibo.it/biografie/86-roccati-cristina Roccati Cristina] (Italian)
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