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BASSI, LAURA MARIA CATERINA (1711-1778)

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BASSI, LAURA MARIA CATERINA (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 in 1711. On See also:

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 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 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 and See also:

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

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