LAURA MARIA CATERINA See also:

• LAURA MARIA CATERINA BASSI (1711-1778)
• BASSI, UGO (1800-1849)

BASSI (1711-1778)  , an See also:

• ITALIAN

Italian See also:

• LADY (0. Eng. hlaefdige, Mid. Eng. ldfdi, lavedi; the first part of the word is hldf, loaf, bread, as in the corresponding hldford, lord; the second part is usually taken to be from the root dig-, to knead, seen also in " dough "; the sense development fr

lady eminently distinguished for her learning, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• BOLOGNA
• BOLOGNA, GIOVANNI DA (1524–1608)

Bologna in 1711 . On See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account of her extraordinary attainments she received a See also:

• DOCTOR (Lat. for " teacher ")

doctor's degree, and was appointed See also:

• PROFESSOR (the Latin noun formed from the verb profiteri, to declare publicly, to acknowledge, profess)

professor in the philosophical See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

college, where she delivered public lectures on experimental See also:

• PHILOSOPHY (Gr. gthos, fond of, and vo4 (a, wisdom)

philosophy till the See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time of her See also:

• DEATH

death . She was elected member of many See also:

• LITERARY

literary See also:

• SOCIETIES, LEARNED

societies and carried on an extensive See also:

• CORRESPONDENCE
• CORRESPONDENCE (from med. scholastic Lat. correspondentia, corrcspondere, compounded of Lat. cum, with, and respond ere, to answer; cf. Fr. correspondance)

correspondence with the most eminent See also:

• EUROPEAN

European men of letters . She was well acquainted with classical literature, as well as with that of See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France and See also:

• ITALY
• ITALY (Italia)

Italy . In 1738 she married Giuseppe Verrati, a physician, and See also:

• LEFT

left several See also:

• CHILDREN, LAW RELATING TO

children . She died in 1778 . 1 Cantor Lectures on Musical See also:

• INSTRUMENTS

Instruments, their Construction and Capabilities, by A . J . Hipkins, p . 15; See also:

• HENRI

Henri Lavoix, Histoire de l'See also:

• INSTRUMENTATION

instrumentation depuis le seizieme siecle jusqu'a nos jours (See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris, 1878), on p . 123 the date is given as 1777 .