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Luca Pacioli: The Father of Traditional Accounting

Luca Pacioli, a Franciscan monk who lived in Italy during the 1500s, is often called the father of double-entry bookkeeping. Pacioli was not the inventor, but was "the first accountant to combine his knowledge with Johann Gutenberg's technology to instruct the world on the subject in print."