Luca Pacioli

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The Father of accounting, formerly known as Fra Luca Bartolomeo De Pacioli is very popular in modern day based off his work in the 1400’s and beginning 1500’s, time of the Italian Renaissance. Born approximately 1445-1447 in his home of Sansepolcro, Italy, Pacioli had lived a very spontaneous life of constant travel. Pacioli did not live with his father, Bartolomeo Pacioli, rather with the Befolci family in his birthplace. It is unclear why Pacioli didn’t live with his father, however, Pacioli found himself going about life with ease. Pacioli had received an education at the Studio of Della Francesca, located in Sansepolcro, in which he became educated in mathematics. He eventually left Sansepolcro and ventured into Venice in 1464 there he had tutored three sons of a successful merchant, Antonio Rompiasi. While tutoring Pacioli had developed knowledge in business as well. Paciolis first creation was a text dedicated to the three sons of Rompiasi, Summa De Arithmetica, Geometria, Proportioni et Proportionalita, which was written in 1470. After tutoring Pacioli studied under Do...

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