ASTRONOMER

Giovanni Battista Donati

1826 - 1873

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Giovanni Battista Donati (Italian pronunciation: [dʒoˈvanni batˈtista doˈnaːti]; 16 December 1826 – 20 September 1873) was an Italian astronomer. Donati graduated from the university of his native city, Pisa, and afterwards joined the staff of the Observatory of Florence in 1852. He was appointed director in 1864. Donati was also a pioneer in the spectroscopic study of the stars, the Sun, and comets. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Giovanni Battista Donati is the 205th most popular astronomer (up from 242nd in 2019), the 2,011th most popular biography from Italy (up from 2,527th in 2019) and the 13th most popular Italian Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Giovanni Battista Donati ranks 205 out of 644. Before him are Ali Qushji, Nancy Roman, Félix Tisserand, Antonín Mrkos, George Mary Searle, and Joel Hastings Metcalf. After him are Andrew Graham, Lyudmila Chernykh, Nevil Maskelyne, John Bevis, Seth Barnes Nicholson, and Sergey Belyavsky.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1826, Giovanni Battista Donati ranks 26. Before him are William Waddington, George Johnstone Stoney, Grand Duchess Elizabeth Mikhailovna of Russia, Henri Mouhot, Karl Gegenbaur, and Julia Grant. After him are George B. McClellan, Stephen Foster, Giuseppe Zanardelli, Walter Bagehot, Gustave Moynier, and Rahime Perestu Sultan. Among people deceased in 1873, Giovanni Battista Donati ranks 29. Before him are Rifa'a al-Tahtawi, Sarah Moore Grimké, Viktor Hartmann, Muhammad IV of Morocco, Friedrich Wieck, and Princess Charlotte of Württemberg. After him are Johns Hopkins, Edward Blyth, Prince Adolf zu Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen, Francis Garnier, Urbano Rattazzi, and Wilhelm Marstrand.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Giovanni Battista Donati ranks 2,011 out of 5,161. Before him are Ferrante Gonzaga (1507), Antonio Rosmini (1797), Archduke Ferdinand Karl Joseph of Austria-Este (1781), Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco (1895), Giovanni Girolamo Kapsperger (1580), and Giovanni Baglione (1566). After him are Alberto Tomba (1966), Gaius Nymphidius Sabinus (100), Luca Toni (1977), Antonio Cabrini (1957), Ira von Fürstenberg (1940), and Riccardo Chailly (1953).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In Italy

Among astronomers born in Italy, Giovanni Battista Donati ranks 13. Before him are Paolo dal Pozzo Toscanelli (1397), Annibale de Gasparis (1819), Angelo Secchi (1818), Giovanni Battista Riccioli (1598), Girolamo Fracastoro (1476), and Luigi Ferdinando Marsili (1658). After him are Giovanni Dondi dell'Orologio (1330), Margherita Hack (1922), Giovanni Domenico Maraldi (1709), Geminiano Montanari (1633), Giorgio Abetti (1882), and Luigi Carnera (1875).

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