Background
Ilardi, Vincent was born on May 15, 1925 in Newark, New Jersey, United States. Son of Vincent and Filippa (Giannazzo) Ilardi.
(This book deals with the history of eyeglasses from their...)
This book deals with the history of eyeglasses from their invention in Italy ca. 1286 to the appearance of the telescope three centuries later. By the end of the 16th century eyeglasses were as common in western & central Europe as desktop computers are in western developed countries today. Eyeglasses served an important technological function at both the intellectual & practical level, not only easing the textual studies of scholars but also easing the work of craftsmen/small businessmen. An important synthesis of this book is that Florence, rather than Venice, seems to have dominated the commercial market for eyeglasses during the 15th century, when two crucial developments occurred: the ability to grind convex lenses for various levels of presbyopia & the ability to grind concave lenses for the correction of myopia. As a result, eyeglasses could be made almost to prescription by the early 17th century. Illus.
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Ilardi, Vincent was born on May 15, 1925 in Newark, New Jersey, United States. Son of Vincent and Filippa (Giannazzo) Ilardi.
AB, Rutgers University, 1952; AM, Harvard University, 1953; Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1958.
Instructor, Carnegie Institute Technology, Pittsburgh, 1956-1957; instructor, U. Massachusetts, Amherst, 1957-1959; assistant professor History, U. Massachusetts, Amherst, 1960-1961; associate professor History, U. Massachusetts, Amherst, 1961-1968; professor History, U. Massachusetts, Amherst, 1969-1995. Visiting research scholar Yale University, New Haven, 1990-1993, visiting professor of history, since 1993.
(This book deals with the history of eyeglasses from their...)
Married Antoinette Ficarra, December 26, 1952. 1 child, Vincent Michael.