Cristina Roccati | |
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Born | Rovigo, Italy | 24 October 1732
Died | 16 March 1797 Rovigo, Italy | (aged 64)
Burial place | Chiesa dei Santi Francesco e Giustina (Rovigo) |
Education | University of Bologna |
Occupation(s) | physicist and poet |
Cristina Roccati (24 October 1732 in Rovigo – 16 March 1797 in Rovigo) was an Italian physicist and poet who earned a degree at the University of Bologna (1751). This was the third academic qualification ever bestowed on a woman by an Italian university.[1][2]