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Paolo dal Pozzo Toscanelli

1397 - 1482

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Paolo dal Pozzo Toscanelli (1397 – 10 May 1482) was an Italian mathematician, astronomer, and cosmographer. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Paolo dal Pozzo Toscanelli is the 55th most popular astronomer (down from 45th in 2019), the 786th most popular biography from Italy (down from 772nd in 2019) and the 7th most popular Italian Astronomer.

Paolo dal Pozzo Toscanelli is most famous for being the first to calculate the circumference of the Earth, which he did by measuring the distance from the equator to the North Pole.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Paolo dal Pozzo Toscanelli ranks 55 out of 644. Before him are Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, John Michell, Jérôme Lalande, Adolphe Quetelet, Édouard Stephan, and William Alfred Fowler. After him are Karl Ludwig Hencke, Jan Oort, Abu Maʿshar, James Bradley, Abū Ishāq Ibrāhīm al-Zarqālī, and Walter Baade.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1397, Paolo dal Pozzo Toscanelli ranks 5. Before him are Sejong the Great, Pope Nicholas V, Guillaume Du Fay, and Albert II of Germany. After him are Isabella of Portugal, Duchess of Burgundy, Hacı I Giray, Jahan Shah, Louis, Duke of Guyenne, Francesco Squarcione, Chimalpopoca, and Baysunghur. Among people deceased in 1482, Paolo dal Pozzo Toscanelli ranks 5. Before him are Mary of Burgundy, Hugo van der Goes, Margaret of Anjou, and Luca della Robbia. After him are Federico da Montefeltro, Lucrezia Tornabuoni, Philibert I, Duke of Savoy, Gedik Ahmed Pasha, William III, Landgrave of Thuringia, Abd-al-Razzāq Samarqandī, and Louis of Cyprus.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Paolo dal Pozzo Toscanelli ranks 786 out of 5,161. Before him are Ottorino Respighi (1879), Vittorio Emanuele Orlando (1860), Peter Lombard (1096), Andrea del Castagno (1420), Francesco Maria Grimaldi (1618), and Giancarlo Giannini (1942). After him are Antonio del Pollaiolo (1429), Andrea Pisano (1290), Francesco Hayez (1791), Tancred, King of Sicily (1138), Piero di Cosimo (1462), and Vittorio Emanuele, Prince of Naples (1937).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In Italy

Among astronomers born in Italy, Paolo dal Pozzo Toscanelli ranks 7. Before him are Galileo Galilei (1564), Giordano Bruno (1548), Giovanni Domenico Cassini (1625), Giuseppe Piazzi (1746), Riccardo Giacconi (1931), and Giovanni Schiaparelli (1835). After 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).

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