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Giovanni Dondi dell'Orologio

1330 - 1388

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Giovanni Dondi dall'Orologio (about 1330 – 19 October 1388), also known as Giovanni de' Dondi, was a Venetian physician, astronomer and mechanical engineer in Padova, now in Italy. He was a pioneer in the art of clock design and construction. The Astrarium, which he designed and built over a period of sixteen years, was a highly complex astronomical clock and planetarium, constructed some sixty years after the first all-mechanical clocks had been built in Europe, and demonstrated an ambitious attempt to describe and model the planetary system with mathematical precision and technological sophistication. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Giovanni Dondi dell'Orologio is the 236th most popular astronomer (up from 277th in 2019), the 2,227th most popular biography from Italy (up from 2,792nd in 2019) and the 14th most popular Italian Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Giovanni Dondi dell'Orologio ranks 236 out of 644. Before him are Thomas Gold, Edward L. G. Bowell, Tamara Smirnova, Johannes Fabricius, Robert T. A. Innes, and César-François Cassini de Thury. After him are Wilhelm Gliese, Paul Wild, Rudolf Wolf, Joseph Jean Pierre Laurent, Cleomedes, and Friedrich Karl Arnold Schwassmann.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1330, Giovanni Dondi dell'Orologio ranks 11. Before him are Gongmin of Goryeo, Louis II, Count of Flanders, Robert III of Scotland, William I, Duke of Bavaria, Altichiero, and Francesc Eiximenis. After him are Radu I of Wallachia, Lala Şahin Pasha, Ashikaga Yoshiakira, André Beauneveu, Bartolo di Fredi, and Antonio Venier. Among people deceased in 1388, Giovanni Dondi dell'Orologio ranks 6. Before him are Karl Thopia, Uskhal Khan Tögüs Temür, Firuz Shah Tughlaq, Choe Yeong, and Wenceslaus I, Duke of Saxe-Wittenberg. After him is Abu Ishaq al-Shatibi.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Giovanni Dondi dell'Orologio ranks 2,227 out of 5,161. Before him are Gloria Guida (1955), Prince Ferdinand Pius, Duke of Calabria (1869), Vigilius of Trent (355), Prospero Alpini (1553), Perino del Vaga (1501), and Renato Guttuso (1911). After him are Cigoli (1559), Luigi Guido Grandi (1671), Alessandro Nannini (1959), Salvatore Accardo (1941), Charles, Duke of Calabria (1298), and Achille Starace (1889).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In Italy

Among astronomers born in Italy, Giovanni Dondi dell'Orologio ranks 14. Before him are Annibale de Gasparis (1819), Angelo Secchi (1818), Giovanni Battista Riccioli (1598), Girolamo Fracastoro (1476), Luigi Ferdinando Marsili (1658), and Giovanni Battista Donati (1826). After him are Margherita Hack (1922), Giovanni Domenico Maraldi (1709), Geminiano Montanari (1633), Giorgio Abetti (1882), Luigi Carnera (1875), and Guido Bonatti (1210).

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