(1445 Sansepolcro, IT – 1517 in Sansepolcro, IT)
Student of mathematics under Domenico Bragadino in Venice
Teacher of mathematics in Florence, collaborator of Leonardo da Vinci
Published the influential book Summa, an encyclopedia of mathematics
Credit, Wikipedia. Available online http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luca_Pacioli
The Mathematics Genealogy Project.
Available online http://www.genealogy.math.ndsu.nodak.edu/id.php?id=126888
The MacTutor History of Mathematics.
Available online http://www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Pacioli.html