# Roger Joseph Boscovich

> An 18th-century Jesuit who carved out space for atoms before anyone knew what to do with them — and worked out how to plot a planet's orbit from three glimpses.

*Croat physicist (1711–1787)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/roger-joseph-boscovich

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Scientist ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Scientists
- **Born:** 1711-05-18
- **Died:** 1787-02-13
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Born in the Republic of Ragusa on 18 May 1711, Boscovich joined the Jesuits and moved through Italy and France, writing in nearly every direction the Enlightenment allowed: physics, astronomy, mathematics, philosophy, diplomacy, poetry, theology. He produced an early atomic theory that prefigured later models, devised the first geometric method for finding a rotating planet's equator from three observations of a surface feature, and in 1753 discovered the Moon has no atmosphere. He published widely across Europe until his death on 13 February 1787, leaving behind a body of work almost too various to summarize.

## Fame
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## Topics
#Scientists, #Scientist, #Physics, #Astronomy, #Mathematics, #Philosophy, #Poetry, #History

## Sources
- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Joseph_Boscovich)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21547580)
- [Pantheon 2.0](https://pantheon.world/profile/person/Roger%20Joseph%20Boscovich)
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- [راجر جوزف بوسکویچ](https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AC%D8%B1_%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%81_%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%B3%DA%A9%D9%88%DB%8C%DA%86)
- [Руджер Йосип Бошкович](https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D1%83%D0%B4%D0%B6%D0%B5%D1%80_%D0%99%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BF_%D0%91%D0%BE%D1%88%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87)
- [Ruđer Bošković](https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ru%C4%91er_Bo%C5%A1kovi%C4%87)
- [Ruđer Josip Bošković](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ru%C4%91er_Josip_Bo%C5%A1kovi%C4%87)
- [Ruđer Bošković](https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ru%C4%91er_Bo%C5%A1kovi%C4%87)
- [Rudjer Josip Boscovich](https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudjer_Josip_Boscovich)
- [Rugjer Josip Bošković](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rugjer_Josip_Bo%C5%A1kovi%C4%87)
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- [Roĝero Jozefo Boŝkoviĉ](https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ro%C4%9Dero_Jozefo_Bo%C5%9Dkovi%C4%89)
- [Ruđer Bošković](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ru%C4%91er_Bo%C5%A1kovi%C4%87)
- [Ruđer Josip Bošković](https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ru%C4%91er_Josip_Bo%C5%A1kovi%C4%87)
- [راجر جوزف بوسکویچ](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AC%D8%B1_%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%81_%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%B3%DA%A9%D9%88%DB%8C%DA%86)
- [Ruđer Josip Bošković](https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ru%C4%91er_Josip_Bo%C5%A1kovi%C4%87)
- [Roger Joseph Boscovich](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Joseph_Boscovich)
- [Ruđer Bošković](https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ru%C4%91er_Bo%C5%A1kovi%C4%87)
- [Rudjer Josip Boscovich](https://ht.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudjer_Josip_Boscovich)
- [Ruđer Bošković](https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ru%C4%91er_Bo%C5%A1kovi%C4%87)
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- [Ruđer Bošković](https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ru%C4%91er_Bo%C5%A1kovi%C4%87)
- [Ruggero Giuseppe Boscovich](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruggero_Giuseppe_Boscovich)
- [ルジェル・ヨシプ・ボスコヴィッチ](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AB%E3%82%B8%E3%82%A7%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A8%E3%82%B7%E3%83%97%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9C%E3%82%B9%E3%82%B3%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A3%E3%83%83%E3%83%81)
- [Wikiquote](https://bs.wikiquote.org/wiki/Ru%C4%91er_Bo%C5%A1kovi%C4%87)
- [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Roger_Joseph_Boscovich)
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- [Wikiquote](https://it.wikiquote.org/wiki/Ruggero_Giuseppe_Boscovich)

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