Portrait of Roger Joseph Boscovich

Roger Joseph Boscovich

Croat physicist

Lived
1711–1787
Country
Republic of Ragusa

Updated September 2026

About Roger Joseph Boscovich

Roger Joseph Boscovich was a physicist, astronomer, mathematician, philosopher, diplomat, poet, theologian, Jesuit priest, and a polymath from the Republic of Ragusa. He studied and lived in Italy and France where he also published many of his works.

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