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Luigi Ferdinando Marsili

1658 - 1730

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Count Luigi Ferdinando Marsili (or Marsigli, Latin: Marsilius; 10 July 1658 – 1 November 1730) was an Italian scholar and natural scientist, who also served as an emissary and soldier. He is considered one of the founding fathers of oceanography. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Luigi Ferdinando Marsili is the 187th most popular astronomer (down from 156th in 2019), the 1,796th most popular biography from Italy (up from 1,801st in 2019) and the 12th most popular Italian Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Luigi Ferdinando Marsili ranks 187 out of 644. Before him are Adriaan Blaauw, Edwin Ernest Salpeter, Johann Heinrich von Mädler, Gan De, Norman Lockyer, and George Phillips Bond. After him are Tobias Mayer, Theodor von Oppolzer, Otto Wilhelm von Struve, George William Hill, Johann Daniel Titius, and Otto Struve.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1658, Luigi Ferdinando Marsili ranks 6. Before him are Giuseppe Torelli, John Ernest IV, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Johann Wilhelm, Elector Palatine, Adolphus Frederick II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, and Mary of Modena. After him are Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac, Nicolas Coustou, Ogata Kōrin, Louis VII, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt, Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani, and Elisabeth Eleonore of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel. Among people deceased in 1730, Luigi Ferdinando Marsili ranks 10. Before him are Leonardo Vinci, Theresa Kunegunda Sobieska, Charles I, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, Jakob Ammann, Árni Magnússon, and Adrienne Lecouvreur. After him are Hans Hermann von Katte, Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac, François de Neufville, duc de Villeroy, Benedicta Henrietta of the Palatinate, Patrona Halil, and Arabella Churchill.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Luigi Ferdinando Marsili ranks 1,796 out of 5,161. Before him are Moses Montefiore (1784), Francis Hyacinth, Duke of Savoy (1632), Bernardo Daddi (1290), Fulvia Plautilla (200), Vittoria della Rovere (1622), and Bettino Ricasoli (1809). After him are Enrico Bombieri (1940), Publius Servilius Casca (-84), Lucius Aemilius Lepidus Paullus (-100), Desiderata of the Lombards (754), Rafael Sabatini (1875), and Giuseppe Sinopoli (1946).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In Italy

Among astronomers born in Italy, Luigi Ferdinando Marsili ranks 12. Before him are Giovanni Schiaparelli (1835), Paolo dal Pozzo Toscanelli (1397), Annibale de Gasparis (1819), Angelo Secchi (1818), Giovanni Battista Riccioli (1598), and Girolamo Fracastoro (1476). After him are Giovanni Battista Donati (1826), Giovanni Dondi dell'Orologio (1330), Margherita Hack (1922), Giovanni Domenico Maraldi (1709), Geminiano Montanari (1633), and Giorgio Abetti (1882).

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