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Caterina Scarpellini

1808 - 1873

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Caterina Scarpellini (29 October 1808 – 28 November 1873) was an Italian astronomer and meteorologist who discovered a comet and as a meteorologist she established a station in Rome in the 1850s. She published more than fifty notes and reports over twenty years, and was rewarded with a silver medal by the Italian government. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Caterina Scarpellini is the 290th most popular astronomer, the 2,872nd most popular biography from Italy and the 20th most popular Italian Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Caterina Scarpellini ranks 290 out of 644. Before her are Charles T. Kowal, Carl Charlier, Henri-Alexandre Deslandres, John Michell, Aleksander Wolszczan, and Albert George Wilson. After her are Rudolph Minkowski, Zdeňka Vávrová, Iosif Shklovsky, Henri Joseph Anastase Perrotin, Otto Lesser, and Walter Lewin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1808, Caterina Scarpellini ranks 42. Before her are Eugène Emmanuel Amaury Duval, Karl Friedrich Lessing, Auguste Franchomme, Johann Benedict Listing, Johann Kaspar Bluntschli, and Prince Frederick of Württemberg. After her are James Nasmyth, Lysander Spooner, August von Werder, Henry Cole, Michael William Balfe, and Josef Kajetán Tyl. Among people deceased in 1873, Caterina Scarpellini ranks 43. Before her are Bénédict Morel, Francis Garnier, Hermann Hankel, Malek Jahan Khanom, Paweł Strzelecki, and Auguste von Harrach. After her are Mary Ann Cotton, Auguste Couder, Edward Blyth, Edwin Landseer, Spyridon Trikoupis, and Gheorghe Bibescu.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Caterina Scarpellini ranks 2,872 out of 5,161. Before her are Alvise II Mocenigo (1628), Pietro Ferraris (1912), Carlo Contarini (1580), Julius Obsequens (400), Angelo Peruzzi (1970), and Laurence of Canterbury (550). After her are Archduke Karl of Austria-Este (1785), Mario Salieri (1957), Giovanni Artusi (1540), Carlo Furno (1921), Licinius Macer Calvus (-82), and Emanuele d'Astorga (1680).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In Italy

Among astronomers born in Italy, Caterina Scarpellini ranks 20. Before her are Giovanni Battista Donati (1826), Giovanni Domenico Maraldi (1709), Guido Bonatti (1210), Niccolò Zucchi (1586), Luigi Carnera (1875), and Giovanni Dondi dell'Orologio (1330). After her are Ercole Dembowski (1812), Geminiano Montanari (1633), Elia Millosevich (1848), Giorgio Abetti (1882), Giuseppe Asclepi (1706), and Luciano Tesi (1931).

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