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Geminiano Montanari

1633 - 1687

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Geminiano Montanari (1 June 1633 – 13 October 1687) was an Italian astronomer, lens-maker, and proponent of the experimental approach to science. He was a member of various learned academies, notably the Accademia dei Gelati. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Geminiano Montanari has received more than 32,110 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Geminiano Montanari is the 321st most popular astronomer (down from 250th in 2019), the 2,965th most popular biography from Italy (down from 2,471st in 2019) and the 18th most popular Italian Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Geminiano Montanari ranks 321 out of 531Before him are Christine Kirch, Tadeáš Hájek, Gérard de Vaucouleurs, Adrien Auzout, André Patry, and Michael van Langren. After him are Johann III Bernoulli, Luigi Carnera, Carl Gustav Witt, James Craig Watson, Alvan Clark, and Wilhelm Julius Foerster.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1633, Geminiano Montanari ranks 16Before him are Willem van de Velde the Younger, Willem Drost, Arsenije III Čarnojević, Frederick II, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg, Yun Shouping, and Gustav Adolph, Duke of Mecklenburg-Güstrow. After him are Jean de Thévenot and Mary Beale. Among people deceased in 1687, Geminiano Montanari ranks 13Before him are Margravine Magdalene Sibylle of Brandenburg-Bayreuth, Nell Gwyn, Henry More, Laura Martinozzi, Ferdinand Albert I, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern, and François de Créquy.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Geminiano Montanari ranks 2,965 out of 4,668Before him are Gioacchino Colombo (1903), Nicola Piovani (1946), Carlo Ubbiali (1929), Luis Trenker (1892), Galeria Fundana (null), and Vittoria Farnese (1618). After him are Giuseppe Valadier (1762), Enrico Forlanini (1848), Adriano Panatta (1950), Luigi Carnera (1875), Adolfo Consolini (1917), and Giovanna Amati (1959).

Among ASTRONOMERS In Italy

Among astronomers born in Italy, Geminiano Montanari ranks 18Before him are Luigi Ferdinando Marsili (1658), Margherita Hack (1922), Giovanni Domenico Maraldi (1709), Giovanni Battista Donati (1826), Niccolò Zucchi (1586), and Giorgio Abetti (1882). After him are Luigi Carnera (1875), Elia Millosevich (1848), Caterina Scarpellini (1808), Barnaba Oriani (1752), Charles Piazzi Smyth (1819), and Luciano Tesi (1931).