Richard White (mathematician)

Richard White, or Ricardo Albio (1590 in Essex – 1682), was a British mathematician and physicist.

Hemisphaerium dissectum, 1648

A Catholic Englishman, he studied under Benedetto Castelli in Pisa and lived mostly in Italy. In his book preface, printed in Rome with permission of the Inquisition, he spoke with great admiration of Galileo.[1] He led some experiments on gravity.

Works
  • White, Richard (1648). Hemisphaerium dissectum. Romae: ex typographia Manelphi Manelphij.

References
  1. "Catalogue of the Mathematical, Historical and Miscellaneous Portion of the Celebrated Library of M. Guglielmo Libri ..: M-Z. 2". 1861.
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