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Ignazio Porro

Italian inventor (1801–1875)
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Ignazio Porro
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Facts

16 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[14]
Date of birth
June 25, 1801, November 25, 1801[2][10]
Date of death
October 8, 1875
Place of birth
Pinerolo
Place of death
Milan
Country of citizenship
Kingdom of Italy[11]
Occupation
inventor, engineer, lens designer, physicist, surveying engineer
Employer
Polytechnic University of Milan[12]
Languages spoken, written or signed
Italian[22]
Birth name
Paolo Ignazio Pietro Porro[23]
Described by source
BEIC Digital Library, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[20][21]
Family name
Porro (surname)[15]
Given name
Paolo, Ignazio, Pietro[16][17][18]
Member of
Academy of Sciences of Turin[13]
Relative
Jean-Baptiste Schacre[19]
🏷️ Also known as
en Ignazio Porro de Ignazio Paolo Pietro Porro fr Paolo Ignazio Pietro Porro pt Ignácio Porro ru Игнацио Порро ru Иньяцио Порро uk Іньяціо Порро zh 伊格纳齐奥·波罗 zh 伊納濟歐普羅
🔖 Identifiers · 21
ISNI
0000000010361118
VIAF cluster ID
59867981
GND ID
117689939
Accademia delle Scienze di Torino ID
ignazio-porro
CERL Thesaurus ID
cnp01090975
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
117689939
Freebase ID
/m/07f47q
Geni.com profile ID
6000000178265178847
IdRef ID
159736374
Kalliope-Verbund (GND) ID
117689939
Luminous-Lint ID
Paulo_Ignazio_Pietro__Porro
Museo Galileo authority ID
160392
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Musée d'Orsay artist or personality ID
63286
OpenMLOL author ID
107901
SBN author ID
CFIV044408
SHARE Catalogue author ID
300573
Treccani ID
ignazio-porro
Treccani's Biographical Dictionary of Italian People ID
ignazio-porro
Treccani's Enciclopedia Italiana ID
ignazio-porro
Vatican Library ID (former scheme)
ADV11083575
WikiTree person ID
Porro-8

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🔗 Connections
Described by source 2
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, BEIC Digital Library
Given name 2
Paolo, Pietro
Occupation 2
engineer, inventor
Country of citizenship 1
Kingdom of Italy
Employer 1
Polytechnic University of Milan
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
Italian
Member of 1
Academy of Sciences of Turin
Place of birth 1
Pinerolo
Place of death 1
Milan
Sex or gender 1
male
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Summary

Ignazio Porro's place of birth was Pinerolo[1]. He was born on June 25, 1801[2]. He died in Milan[3]. He died on October 8, 1875[4]. He worked as an inventor[5], engineer[6], lens designer[7], physicist[8], and surveying engineer[9].

FAQs

Where was Ignazio Porro born?

Ignazio Porro's place of birth was Pinerolo[1].

Where did Ignazio Porro die?

Ignazio Porro passed away in Milan[3].

What did Ignazio Porro do for work?

Ignazio Porro worked as inventor[5], engineer[6], lens designer[7], physicist[8], and surveying engineer[9].

Related Entities

Kingdom of Italy Milan Pinerolo

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [1] ↑ . www.accademiadellescienze.it. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . www.accademiadellescienze.it. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [8] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [9] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . www.accademiadellescienze.it. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [2] ↑ . www.accademiadellescienze.it. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [10] ↑ . obs-hp.fr. obs-hp.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [4] ↑ . www.accademiadellescienze.it. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . digitale.beic.it. digitale.beic.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . IdRef. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. 4w ago · Printstream · 2026-10-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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    Place of birth → Pinerolo
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