See also:

• LUIGI

LUIGI See also:

• CREMONA
• LUIGI CREMONA (1830-1903)

CREMONA (1830-1903)  , See also:

• ITALIAN

Italian mathematician, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• PAVIA (anc. Ticinum, q.v.)

Pavia on the 7th of See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 183o . In 1848, when See also:

• MILAN
• MILAN (Ital. Milano, Ger. Mailand, anc. Mediolanum, q.v.)

Milan and See also:

• VENICE
• VENICE (continued)
• VENICE (Venezia)

Venice See also:

• ROSE
• ROSE (Rosa)
• ROSE, GEORGE (1744-1818)
• ROSE, HUGH JAMES (1795—1838)
• ROSE, WILLIAM STEWART (1775-1843)

rose against See also:

• AUSTRIA
• AUSTRIA, LOWER (Ger. Niederosterreich or Osterreich unter der Enns, " Austria below the river Enns ")
• AUSTRIA, UPPER (Ger. Oberosterreich or Osterreich ob der Enns, " Austria above the river Enns ")

Austria, See also:

• CREMONA
• CREMONA, LUIGI (1830-1903)

Cremona, then only a lad of seventeen, joined the ranks of the Italian See also:

• VOLUNTEERS

volunteers, and remained with them, fighting on behalf of his See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country's freedom, till, in 1849, the See also:

• CAPITULATION (Lat. capitulum, a little head or division; capitulare, to treat upon terms)

capitulation of Venice put an end to the hopeless See also:

• CAMPAIGN

campaign . He then returned to Pavia, where he pursued his studies at the university under See also:

• FRANCESCO
• FRANCESCO, 210

Francesco Brioschi, and deter-See also:

• MINED

mined to seek a career as teacher of See also:

• MATHEMATICS (Gr. /saBnµar1Kil, Sc. vOcvn or E7rlQTt'µn; from p iN.La, "learning" or "science ")

mathematics . His first See also:

• APPOINTMENT, POWER OF

appointment was as elementary mathematical See also:

• MASTER (Lat. magister, related to tnagis, more, as the corresponding minister is to minus, less; the English form is due partly to the O. Eng. maegister, and partly to O. Fr. maistre, mod. maitre; cf. Du. meester, Ger. Meister, Ital. maestro)

master at the gymnasium and See also:

• LYCEUM

lyceum of Cremona, and he afterwards obtained a similar See also:

• POST

post at Milan . In 186o he was appointed to the professorship of higher See also:

• GEOMETRY

geometry at the university of See also:

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

Bologna, and in 1866 to that of higher geometry and graphical See also:

• STATICS (from Gr. root am-, stand, or cause to stand)

statics at the higher technical See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

college of Milan . In this same See also:

• YEAR

year he competed for the See also:

• STEINER, JAKOB (1796-1863)

Steiner See also:

• PRIZE, or PRIZE OF WAR (Fr. prise, from prendre, to take)

prize of the See also:

• BERLIN
• BERLIN, CONGRESS AND TREATY OF
• BERLIN, ISAIAH (1725–1799)

Berlin See also:

• ACADEMY, GREEK
• ACADEMY, ROYAL

Academy, with a See also:

• TREATISE

treatise entitled " Memoria sulle superficie de terzo ordine," and shared the See also:

• AWARD (from O. Fr. ewart, or esguart, cf. " reward ")

award with J . C . F . See also:

• STURM
• STURM, JULIUS (1816-1896)

Sturm . Two years later the same prize was conferred on him without competition . In 1873 he was called to See also:

• ROME
• ROME (Roma)

Rome to organize the college of See also:

• ENGINEERING

engineering, and was also appointed See also:

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

professor of higher mathematics at the university . Cremona's reputation had now become See also:

• EUROPEAN

European, and in 1879 he was elected a corresponding member of the Royal Society .

In the same year he was made a senator of the See also:

• KINGDOM

kingdom of See also:

• ITALY
• ITALY (Italia)

Italy . He died on the loth of See also:

• JUNE

June 1903 . As See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early as 1856 Cremona had begun to contribute to the Annali di scienze matematiche e fisiche, and to the Annali di matematica, of which he became afterwards See also:

• JOINT (through Fr. from Lat. junctum, jungere, to join)

joint editor . Papers by him have appeared in the mathematical See also:

• JOURNALS

journals of Italy, See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France, See also:

• GERMANY
• GERMANY (Ger. Deutschland)

Germany and See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England, and he has published several important See also:

• WORKS

works, many of which have been translated into other See also:

• LANGUAGES

languages . His See also:

• MANUAL

manual on Graphical Statics and his Elements of Projective Geometry (translated by C . Leudesdorf), have been published in See also:

• ENGLISH

English by the See also:

• CLARENDON, CONSTITUTIONS OF
• CLARENDON, EDWARD HYDE, 1ST EARL OF (1609-1674)
• CLARENDON, GEORGE WILLIAM FREDERICK VILLIERS, 4TH EARL OF (in the Villiers line) (1800-r87o)
• CLARENDON, HENRY HYDE

Clarendon See also:

• PRESS (through Fr. presse from Lat. pressare, frequentative of premere, to crush, squeeze, press)

Press . His See also:

• LIFE

life was devoted to the study of higher geometry and reforming the more advanced mathematical teaching of Italy . His reputation mainly rests on his Introduzione ad una teoria geometrica delle See also:

• CURVE (Lat. curvus, bent)

curve piane, which proclaims him as a follower of the Steinerian or synthetical school of geometricians . He notably enriched our knowledge of curves and surfaces .