. . . . . . . "1711-05-18Z"^^ . "Ragusan priest and mathematician" . . "Boscovich, Roger Joseph"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . "1787Z"^^ . "Roger Joseph Boscovich (Serbo-Croatian: Ru\u0111er Josip Bo\u0161kovi\u0107, pronounced [r\u00FBd\u0361\u0291er j\u01D2sip b\u00F4\u0283ko\u028Bit\u0361\u0255], Italian: Ruggiero Giuseppe Boscovich) (see also names in other languages); 18 May 1711 \u2013 13 February 1787) was a Ragusan physicist, astronomer, mathematician, philosopher, diplomat, poet, theologian, Jesuit priest, and a polymath from the city of Dubrovnik in the Republic of Ragusa (modern-day Croatia), who studied and lived in Italy and France where he also published many of his works.He produced a precursor of atomic theory and made many contributions to astronomy, including the first geometric procedure for determining the equator of a rotating planet from three observations of a surface feature and for computing the orbit of a planet from three observations of its position. "@en . "Roger Joseph Boscovich"@en . "1787-02-13Z"^^ . . . . . "1711Z"^^ . . .