Giambattista della Porta, founder of the ''Academia Secretorum Naturae''
One of the earliest scientific societies, the 'Academia Secretorum Naturae' was founded in
Naples 1560 by
Giambattista della Porta, a noted
polymath. In Italian it was called ''Accademia dei Segreti'', the Academy of the Mysteries of Nature, and the members termed themselves the ''otiosi'' (men of leisure).The society met at the home of della Porta in the ''Due Porte'' section of Naples, the reference being to two entrances to caverns that apparently served as a meeting place. (The site has recently been the object of urban archaeology.) The society was closed down by the order of
Pope Paul V under suspicion of
sorcery.
Notes
p. 16,
Leonard C. Bruno 1989, ''The
Landmarks of
Science''.
First editions from the collections of the
Library of Congress. ISBN 0-8160-2137-6
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