What was the nationality of the person Roger North compared Nicola Matteis to?
Nicola Matteis Nicola Matteis (Matheis) (fl. c. 1670 – after 1713) was the earliest notable Italian Baroque violinist in London, whom Roger North judged in retrospect "to have bin a second to Corelli," and a composer of significant popularity in his time, though he had been utterly forgotten until the later 20th century.
Nicola Pugno Nicola Maria Pugno (born 4 January 1972) is an Italian professor and scientist, full professor of solid and structural mechanics at the University of Trento and of materials science at the Queen Mary University of London.