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Angelo Secchi was an Italian astronomer and physicist born in Reggio Emilia in 1818. He was a member of the Society of Jesus and a Catholic. Secchi was educated at Stonyhurst College and worked for the Saint Petersburg Academy of Sciences. He wrote in Italian and was a citizen of the Kingdom of Italy.
He was recognized in the Royal Society collection and was a member of the Royal Society, the French Academy of Sciences, the Russian Academy of Sciences, and the Accademia Nazionale delle Scienze detta dei XL. Secchi died in Rome on February 26, 1878. He is described in sources such as the Nordisk familjebok, the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, the Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary, and the Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition.
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Key facts
- Church
- Latin Church
- Ordination
- 12 September 1847
- Rank
- Priest
- Born
- ( 1818-06-28 ) 28 June 1818, Reggio Emilia , Duchy of Modena and Reggio
- Died
- 26 February 1878 (1878-02-26) (aged 59), Rome , Kingdom of Italy
- Denomination
- Catholicism
- Awards
- Légion d'honneur , France
- Fields
- Astronomy
- Institutions
- Observatory of the Roman College
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Angelo
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Italy
- Place of birth
- Reggio Emilia
- Place of death
- Rome
- Occupation
- physicist
- Educated at
- Stonyhurst College
- Languages spoken
- Italian
- Religion
- Catholic Church
- Field of work
- astronomy
- Image
- Angelo Secchi.jpg
- Religious order
- Society of Jesus
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- Angelo Secchi
- member of
- Academy of Sciences of Turin
- date of death
- 1878-02-26
- writing language
- Italian
- date of birth
- 1818-06-29
- name in native language
- Angelo Secchi
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- WikiProject Mathematics
- Commons Creator page
- Angelo Secchi
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Encyclopedic overview
Angelo Secchi S.J. ( Italian pronunciation: [ˈandʒelo ˈsekki]; 28 June 1818 – 26 February 1878) was an Italian Catholic priest and astronomer from the Italian region of Emilia. He was director of the observatory at the Pontifical Gregorian University (then called the Roman College) for 28 years. He was a pioneer in astronomical spectroscopy, and was one of the first scientists to state authoritatively that the Sun is a star.
Biography
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