 Bartholomew Ruspini

Bartolomeo Ruspini (25 March/6 April 1728 – 14 December 1813), also known as Bartholomew Ruspini, was an Italian-born British surgeon-dentist and philanthropist in the 18th century, remembered for founding the Royal Masonic School for Girls.The chevalier Bartholomew Ruspini was born in 1728, in Zogno, near Bergamo, a place about 40 miles north-east of Milan.