Personal Life
His father Ars Riccati came from a noble family who owned land near Venice. His father was the Conte Montino Riccati and his mother was from the powerful Colonna family. His father died in 1686, when Riccati was only ten, leaving him quite wealthy.
Jacopo's son, Vincenzo Riccati, a Jesuit, followed his father's footsteps and pioneered the development of hyperbolic functions.
A second son, Giordano Riccati was the first to measure the ratio of Young's moduli of metals - predating the better known Thomas Young by 25 years.
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