Vittorio Fossombroni
Vittorio Conte Fossombroni (* September 15, 1754 in Arezzo, † April 15, 1844 in Florence ) was a Tuscan statesman and mathematician.
He was educated at the University of Pisa, where he devoted himself particularly to mathematics. He received in 1782 an official appointment in Tuscany, and twelve years later, the line of work he was entrusted by the Grand Duke on the drainage of the Val di Chiana; on this subject he had in 1789 written a memoir.
In 1796 he was made secretary of state, but in the French occupation of Tuscany in 1799 he fled to Sicily. In the survey of the Grand Duchy in the short-lived Kingdom of Etruria under the regent Maria Louisa, he was appointed President of the Finance Committee. In 1809 he went as one of the senators of Tuscany to Paris to pay homage to Napoleon. With the restoration of the Grand Duke Ferdinand III. In 1814 he was made the President of the Legislative Commission and then as prime minister. He held this position under the Grand Duke Leopold II, His administration, which only came by his death to an end, contributed significantly to the advancement of the country. He was the real ruler of Tuscany. Basis of his policy were the equality of all subjects before the law, honesty in the administration of justice and freedom of expression. 1832 married the 78 -year-old Vittoria Falciai (born Bonci ) widow. Since he had no children, he left the title and family name to the son of his wife, Enrico Falciai. Vittorio Fossombroni died in 1844 after 12 years of marriage.
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- JC Poggendorff: Biographic- Literary pocket dictionary of the history of exact sciences, Volume One, page 779; online at Google Books
- Politician ( Italian history )
- Person ( Duchy of Tuscany)
- Mathematicians (18th century)
- Holder of the Pour le Mérite ( Peace Class )
- Italian
- Born in 1754
- Died in 1844
- Man