<P> Fra Luca Bartolomeo de Pacioli ( sometimes Paccioli or Paciolo ; c. 1447 -- 1517 ) was an Italian mathematician , Franciscan friar , collaborator with Leonardo da Vinci , and a seminal contributor to the field now known as accounting . He is referred to as `` The Father of Accounting and Bookkeeping '' in Europe and he was the first person to publish a work on the double - entry system of book - keeping in this continent . He was also called Luca di Borgo after his birthplace , Borgo Sansepolcro , Tuscany . </P>
<P> Fra Luca Bartolomeo de Pacioli ( sometimes Paccioli or Paciolo ; c. 1447 -- 1517 ) was an Italian mathematician , Franciscan friar , collaborator with Leonardo da Vinci , and a seminal contributor to the field now known as accounting . He is referred to as `` The Father of Accounting and Bookkeeping '' in Europe and he was the first person to publish a work on the double - entry system of book - keeping in this continent . He was also called Luca di Borgo after his birthplace , Borgo Sansepolcro , Tuscany . </P>
who is known as the father of accounting
who is known as the father of accounting
Fra Luca Bartolomeo de Pacioli
Fra Luca Bartolomeo de Pacioli