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Italian polymath (–)

Giambattista della Porta (Italian pronunciation:[dʒambatˈtistadellaˈpɔrta]; – 4 February ), also known as Giovanni Battista Della Porta, was an Italian scholar, polymath and playwright who lived in Naples at the time of the Renaissance, Scientific Revolution and Counter-Reformation.

Giambattista della Porta spent the majority of his life on scientific endeavours.

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He benefited from an informal education of tutors and visits from renowned scholars. His most famous work, first published in , is entitled Magia Naturalis (Natural Magic).^[1] In this book he covered a variety of the subjects he had investigated, including occult philosophy, astrology, alchemy, mathematics, meteorology, and natural philosophy.

He was also referred to as "professor of secrets".^[2]

Childhood

Giambattista della Porta was born at Vico Equense, near Naples, to the nobleman Nardo Antonio della Porta. He was the third of four