Eustachio Manfredi [SEP] occupation
Eustachio Manfredi
Eustachio Manfredi (20 September 1674 – 15 February 1739) was an Italian mathematician, astronomer and poet.
Biography.
Eustachio Manfredi was born in Bologna on 20 September 1674.
He attended Jesuit school, then studied at the University of Bologna, graduating with a degree in law in 1691. 
At the same time he devoted himself to scientific studies in mathematics and astronomy, and to literature.
Manfredi founded the "Accademia degli Inquieti" (Academy of Unquiet) in Bologna around 1690 as
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On 29 November 1707 Manfredi and Vittorio Francesco Stancari discovered the comet C/1707 W1. 
Among his scientific works are "Ephemerides motuum coelestium" (1715–1725), "De transitu Mercurii per solem anno 1723" (1724), "De gnomone meridiano bononiensi" (1736) and "Instituzioni astronomiche" (1749), a posthumous work.
The asteroid 13225 Manfredi was named in honour of Eustachio Manfredi and his two brothers Gabriele Manfredi and Eraclito Manfredi.
Eustachio Manfredi provided "the first demonstration, though unsought