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Angelo Secchi was an Italian astronomer and physicist who served as a member of the Society of Jesus. Born in Reggio Emilia, he was educated at Stonyhurst College and held citizenship in the Kingdom of Italy. His professional career included employment at the Saint Petersburg Academy of Sciences. Secchi was a member of several prestigious scientific bodies, including the Royal Society, the French Academy of Sciences, the Russian Academy of Sciences, and the Accademia Nazionale delle Scienze detta dei XL.
He worked primarily in the field of astronomy and wrote in Italian. His notable works include *L'Astronomia in Roma nel pontificato di Pio IX*, *Catalogo delle stelle di cui si è determinato lo spettro luminoso all' Osservatorio del Collegio romano*, *Sugli spettri prismatici dei corpi celesti*, *Sugli spettri prismatici delle stelle fisse*, and *Edinstvo fizicheskikh sil*. Secchi died in Rome on 26 February 1878.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1818
- Died
- 1878
- Works
- 65
Top works
- L'Astronomia in Roma nel pontificato di Pio IX
- [Meteors pamphlets]
- Catalogo delle stelle di cui si è determinato lo spettro luminoso all' Osservatorio del Collegio romano
- Sugli spettri prismatici dei corpi celesti
- Sugli spettri prismatici delle stelle fisse
via Open Library + Wikidata
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Italy
Discography
- I Say Yeah1990
- Da Ya Think I'm Secchi1991
- Keep On Jammin’1991
- A Brighter Day1993
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 15,961x
- Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017
· 2018 · cited 10,995x
- Signatures of mutational processes in human cancer
· 2013 · cited 8,808x
- Nivolumab versus Docetaxel in Advanced Nonsquamous Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer
· 2015 · cited 7,897x
- Global, regional, and national age-sex-specific mortality for 282 causes of death in 195 countries and territories, 1980–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017
· 2018 · cited 6,186x
via Crossref · CC0
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
via Wikipedia infobox
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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- Commons category
- 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
- maintained by WikiProject
- WikiProject Mathematics
- Commons Creator page
- Angelo Secchi
via Wikidata · CC0
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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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