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Luca Pacioli

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Luca Pacioli

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Also known as Luca Paciuolo, Luca Paciolo, Fra Luca di Borgo Paciuolo, Luca di Borgo Pacioli, Fra Luca di Borgo Paciolo, Luca di Borgo Paciuolo, Fra Luca di Borgo Pacioli

Italian father of accounting (*~1445 – †1517)

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Luca Pacioli was an Italian mathematician and friar who lived from around 1445 to 1517 and is known as the father of modern accounting. He matters because he developed and documented the double-entry bookkeeping system that forms the foundation of accounting practices still used in business today.

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Instance of
human
Gender
male
Citizenship
Republic of Florence
Place of birth
Sansepolcro
Place of death
Sansepolcro
Occupation
presbyter
Employer
University of Milan
Languages spoken
Latin
Religion
Catholic Church
Notable work
De ludo scachorum
Doctoral student
Domenico Maria Novara da Ferrara
Field of work
mathematics
Image
Pacioli.jpg
Religious order
Order of Friars Minor
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Luca Pacioli
date of death
1517-00-00
Commons Creator page
Luca Pacioli
name in native language
Luca Pacioli Napolitano
date of birth
1440-00-00
start of work period
1464-01-01
end of work period
1514-01-01
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Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes
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Encyclopedic overview

Luca Bartolomeo de Pacioli, O.F.M. (sometimes Paccioli or Paciolo; c. 1447 – 19 June 1517) was an Italian mathematician, Franciscan friar, collaborator with Leonardo da Vinci, and an early contributor to the field now known as accounting. He is referred to as the father of accounting and bookkeeping and he was the first person to publish a work on the double-entry system of book-keeping on the continent. He was also called Luca di Borgo after his birthplace, Borgo Sansepolcro, Tuscany.

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