Francesco Cetti

Francesco Cetti

Francesco Cetti (9 August 1726 – 20 November 1778) was an Italian Jesuit priest, zoologist and mathematician.

Part of a series on the
Society of Jesus
Christogram of the Jesuits.
History
Regimini militantis Suppression
Hierarchy
Superior General Arturo Sosa
Spirituality
Spiritual Exercises Ad majorem Dei gloriam Magis
Notable Jesuits
St. Ignatius of Loyola St. Francis Xavier St. Peter Faber St. Aloysius Gonzaga St. Robert Bellarmine St. Peter Canisius St. Edmund Campion Pope Francis Jesuit theologians Jesuit philosophers
Catholicism portal

Cetti's warbler

Cetti was born in Mannheim in Germany, but his parents were natives of Como. He was educated in Lombardy and at the Jesuit college at Monza. In 1765 he was sent to Sardinia to help improve the standard of education on the island. In 1766 he was appointed to the Chair of Mathematics at the University of Sassari, holding that position until his death.

Cetti took long excursions in the vicinity of Sassari, collating his discoveries in the Storia Naturale di Sardegna (Natural History of Sardinia) (1774–7). This has four volumes, covering quadrupeds, birds, fish, and insects and fossils respectively.

Cetti is commemorated in the name of the Cetti's warbler (Cettia cetti), which was collected on Sardinia by Alberto della Marmora.

References

• Biographies for Birdwatchers – Barbara and Richard Mearns ISBN 0-12-487422-3

External links

• Zoologica Göttingen State and University Library