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Giuseppe Asclepi

1706 - 1776

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Giuseppe Maria Asclepi (1706–1776) was an Italian astronomer and physician. He was a Jesuit and director of the observatory at the Collegio Romano. The lunar crater Asclepi is named after him. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Giuseppe Asclepi is the 508th most popular astronomer (down from 416th in 2019), the 3,728th most popular biography from Italy (down from 3,545th in 2019) and the 27th most popular Italian Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Giuseppe Asclepi ranks 508 out of 644Before him are Robert H. McNaught, Edwin Foster Coddington, Frederik Kaiser, William Henry Smyth, Ruby Payne-Scott, and DeLisle Stewart. After him are Miguel Itzigsohn, Julie Vinter Hansen, Ľudmila Pajdušáková, William Christie, Warren De la Rue, and Alfred Bohrmann.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1706, Giuseppe Asclepi ranks 12Before him are Princess Marie Auguste of Thurn and Taxis, John Dollond, John Baskerville, Augustus George, Margrave of Baden-Baden, Princess Charlotte Amalie of Denmark, and Charles Spencer, 3rd Duke of Marlborough. After him is John Belchier. Among people deceased in 1776, Giuseppe Asclepi ranks 14Before him are Jeanne Julie Éléonore de Lespinasse, Sabah I bin Jaber, Duchess Maria Anna Josepha of Bavaria, Johann Adolf Scheibe, John Ellis, and Johann Jakob Breitinger. After him is Nathan Hale.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Giuseppe Asclepi ranks 3,729 out of 5,161Before him are Cesare Rubini (1923), Carlo Porta (1775), Stefano Borgonovo (1964), Letícia Román (1941), Cesare Perdisa (1932), and Ersilio Tonini (1914). After him are Mellitus (600), Antonella Ragno-Lonzi (1940), Esau de' Buondelmonti (1355), Gabriele Salvatores (1950), Fausto Gresini (1961), and Nunzio Gallo (1928).

Among ASTRONOMERS In Italy

Among astronomers born in Italy, Giuseppe Asclepi ranks 27Before him are Niccolò Zucchi (1586), Caterina Scarpellini (1808), Ercole Dembowski (1812), Elia Millosevich (1848), Luciano Tesi (1931), and Charles Piazzi Smyth (1819). After him are Barnaba Oriani (1752), Maura Tombelli (1952), Stefano Sposetti (1958), and Andrea Boattini (1969).