Q14281

Italian astronomer and science historian (1835-1910)

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Q14281 refers to an Italian astronomer and science historian who lived from 1835 to 1910 and made contributions to both observational astronomy and the study of science's history. This person's work bridged the gap between practical stargazing and scholarly understanding of how scientific knowledge developed over time.

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Instance of: human
Gender: male
Citizenship: Kingdom of Italy
Place of birth: Savigliano
Place of death: Milan
Sibling: Celestino Schiaparelli
Occupation: mathematician
Educated at: University of Turin
Employer: Brera Astronomical Observatory
Languages spoken: Italian
Award: Lalande Prize
Doctoral advisor: Johann Franz Encke
Field of work: biblical criticism
Image: Schiaparelli Giovanni.jpg

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member of: Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei
Commons category: Giovanni Schiaparelli
date of birth: 1835-01-01
date of death: 1910-07-04
Commons Creator page: Giovanni Schiaparelli
Commons gallery: Giovanni Schiaparelli
place of burial: monumental cemetery of Milan
name in native language: Giovanni Virginio Schiaparelli
writing language: Italian
contributed to creative work: Popular Science
maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Mathematics

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Encyclopedic overview

Giovanni Virginio Schiaparelli (14 March 1835 – 4 July 1910) was an Italian astronomer and science historian. Schiaparelli established the Martian system of nomenclature still in use today; before him, features of the planet bore the names of contemporary astronomers, similar to the lunar map of van Langren that preceded that of Hevelius.

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