Lucio Lombardo-Radice, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Lucio Lombardo-Radice

Italian mathematician

Date of Birth: 10-Jul-1916

Place of Birth: Catania, Sicily, Italy

Date of Death: 21-Nov-1982

Profession: mathematician

Nationality: Italy

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Lucio Lombardo-Radice (Catania, 10 July 1916; Bruxelles, 21 November 1982) was an Italian mathematician.
A student of Gaetano Scorza, Lombardo-Radice contributed to finite geometry and geometric combinatorics together with Guido Zappa and Beniamino Segre, and wrote important works concerning the Non-Desarguesian plane.
He was also a leading member of the Italian Communist Party and a member of its central committee.The Istituto Tecnico Statale Commerciale "Lucio Lombardo Radice" per Programmatori, a school in Rome, Italy, founded in 1982 as the XXV Istituto Tecnico Commerciale per Programmatori, was in 1992 renamed after Lombardo-Radice.
It is now name Istituto di Istruzione Superiore Lombardo Radice