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Giovanni Battista Amici

1786 - 1863

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Giovanni Battista Amici (Italian: [dʒoˈvanni batˈtista aˈmiːtʃi]; 25 March 1786 – 10 April 1863) was an Italian astronomer, microscopist, and botanist. Amici was born in Modena, in present-day Italy. After studying at Bologna, he became professor of mathematics at Modena, and in 1831 was appointed inspector-general of studies in the Duchy of Modena. A few years later he was chosen director of the observatory at Florence, where he also lectured at the museum of natural history. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Giovanni Battista Amici is the 334th most popular physicist (up from 434th in 2019), the 1,473rd most popular biography from Italy (up from 2,306th in 2019) and the 11th most popular Italian Physicist.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Giovanni Battista Amici ranks 334 out of 851. Before him are Marguerite Perey, Paul-Jacques Curie, Giovanni Battista Venturi, Moshé Feldenkrais, Louis Paul Cailletet, and Leopold Infeld. After him are Carl Wieman, Jan Ingenhousz, John B. Goodenough, Fritjof Capra, Robert B. Laughlin, and Thomas Johann Seebeck.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1786, Giovanni Battista Amici ranks 18. Before him are Davy Crockett, Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia, Charles, Grand Duke of Baden, François-Édouard Picot, Guadalupe Victoria, and John Franklin. After him are Duke Pius August in Bavaria, Kunisada, Chief Seattle, Ludwig Börne, Nathaniel Wallich, and Julius Jacob von Haynau. Among people deceased in 1863, Giovanni Battista Amici ranks 13. Before him are Sa'id of Egypt, Horace Vernet, Jakob Steiner, Alfred de Vigny, Franz Xaver Gruber, and Johann Karl Ehrenfried Kegel. After him are Auguste Bravais, Archduke Maximilian of Austria-Este, Solomon Northup, Natalia Pushkina, Christian Friedrich Hebbel, and Lalla Fatma N'Soumer.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Giovanni Battista Amici ranks 1,473 out of 5,161. Before him are Prince Emanuele Filiberto, Duke of Aosta (1869), Prince Xavier of Bourbon-Parma (1889), Giovanni Ferrari (1907), Drusus Caesar (7), Ippolito de' Medici (1511), and Pier Angeli (1932). After him are Ruggero Deodato (1939), Andrea Alciato (1492), Otto, Count of Savoy (1023), Paolo Giovio (1483), Guglielmo Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua (1538), and Bernardo Pasquini (1637).

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Among PHYSICISTS In Italy

Among physicists born in Italy, Giovanni Battista Amici ranks 11. Before him are Emilio Segrè (1905), Laura Bassi (1711), Francesco Maria Grimaldi (1618), Ettore Majorana (1906), Carlo Rubbia (1934), and Giovanni Battista Venturi (1746). After him are Bruno Pontecorvo (1913), Giorgio Parisi (1948), Galileo Ferraris (1847), Federico Faggin (1941), Bruno Rossi (1905), and Carlo Matteucci (1811).

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