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Geminiano Montanari

1633 - 1687

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Geminiano Montanari (1 June 1633 – 13 October 1687) was an Italian astronomer, lens-maker, and proponent of the experimental approach to science. He was a member of various learned academies, notably the Accademia dei Gelati. Montanari's famous students include Domenico Guglielmini, Francesco Bianchini, Gianantonio Davia and Luigi Ferdinando Marsili. He is best known for his observation, made around 1667, that the second-brightest star (called Algol as derived from its name in Arabic) in the constellation of Perseus varied in brightness. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Geminiano Montanari is the 280th most popular astronomer (up from 332nd in 2019), the 2,571st most popular biography from Italy (up from 3,086th in 2019) and the 17th most popular Italian Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Geminiano Montanari ranks 280 out of 644. Before him are Sandra Faber, Daniel Kirkwood, Antonia Maury, Marguerite Laugier, Giovanni Domenico Maraldi, and André-Louis Danjon. After him are Philibert Jacques Melotte, Heber Doust Curtis, Raymond Smith Dugan, Harold Spencer Jones, James W. Christy, and Jean Fernel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1633, Geminiano Montanari ranks 12. Before him are Kaya Sultan, Bernardino Ramazzini, Samuel Pepys, Willem van de Velde the Younger, Anthony Ulrich, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, and Arsenije III Čarnojević. After him are Willem Drost, Frederick II, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg, Gustav Adolph, Duke of Mecklenburg-Güstrow, Mary Beale, Yun Shouping, and Jean de Thévenot. Among people deceased in 1687, Geminiano Montanari ranks 11. Before him are Constantijn Huygens, Ferdinand Albert I, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern, Margravine Magdalene Sibylle of Brandenburg-Bayreuth, Nicholas Mercator, Henry More, and Nell Gwyn. After him are Laura Martinozzi, and François de Créquy.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Geminiano Montanari ranks 2,571 out of 5,161. Before him are Francesco Donato (1468), Giovanni Domenico Maraldi (1709), Julia Major (-102), Gastone Nencini (1930), Giacomo Antonio Perti (1661), and Mario Scelba (1901). After him are Corrado Bafile (1903), Pietro Vierchowod (1959), Marcia (33), Giovanni Sgambati (1841), Bonaventura Berlinghieri (1210), and Marco Barbarigo (1413).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In Italy

Among astronomers born in Italy, Geminiano Montanari ranks 17. Before him are Girolamo Fracastoro (1476), Luigi Ferdinando Marsili (1658), Giovanni Battista Donati (1826), Giovanni Dondi dell'Orologio (1330), Margherita Hack (1922), and Giovanni Domenico Maraldi (1709). After him are Giorgio Abetti (1882), Luigi Carnera (1875), Guido Bonatti (1210), Niccolò Zucchi (1586), Caterina Scarpellini (1808), and Ercole Dembowski (1812).

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