Luca Pacioli

Luca Pacioli
OFM
Portrait of Luca Pacioli, traditionally attributed to Jacopo de' Barbari, 1495
Bornc. 1447
Sansepolcro, Republic of Florence
Died19 June 1517(1517-06-19) (aged 69–70)
Sansepolcro, Republic of Florence
OccupationsMathematician, Franciscan friar
Known forSumma de arithmetica,
Divina proportione,
double-entry bookkeeping

Luca Bartolomeo de Pacioli (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.

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