Birthdate: May 18, 1711
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Dubrovnik, Croatia
Died: February 13, 1787
Roger Joseph Boscovich, a renowned polymath from the Republic of Ragusa, was a physicist, astronomer, mathematician, philosopher, diplomat, poet, theologian, and Jesuit priest. He made significant contributions to science in Italy and France, developing a precursor to atomic theory and pioneering innovative techniques in astronomy. Boscovich’s geometric method for determining a planet’s equator and computing its orbit was groundbreaking. In 1753, he confirmed the absence of an atmosphere on the Moon.
