He received his doctorate in philosophy and physics in 1755, and became an assistant at the Ospedale degli Incurabili (Neapolitan Hospital for Incurables).
Doktorat z filozofii i fizyki otrzymał w 1755, po czym został asystentem w Neapolitańskim Szpitalu dla Nieuleczalnie Chorych (Ospedale degli Incurabili).