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Giovanni Battista Hodierna

1597 - 1660

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Giovanni Battista Hodierna, also spelled as Odierna (April 13, 1597 – April 6, 1660) was an Italian astronomer at the court of Giulio Tomasi, Duke of Palma (Palma di Montechiaro). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Giovanni Battista Hodierna has received more than 34,435 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Giovanni Battista Hodierna is the 139th most popular astronomer (up from 147th in 2019).

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Giovanni Battista Hodierna ranks 139 out of 644. Before him are Auguste Charlois, James Dunlop, Hermann Carl Vogel, Nikolai Chernykh, Maria Margaretha Kirch, and Dorothea Klumpke. After him are Henry Draper, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld, August Kopff, Johann Daniel Titius, Carolyn S. Shoemaker, and Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1597, Giovanni Battista Hodierna ranks 3. Before him are Frederick III, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp, and Elizabeth Charlotte of the Palatinate, Electress of Brandenburg. After him are Martin Opitz, Francesco Barberini, François Duquesnoy, Senhime, Luigi Rossi, Jean-Louis Guez de Balzac, Pieter Jansz. Saenredam, Justus Sustermans, and Johann Liss. Among people deceased in 1660, Giovanni Battista Hodierna ranks 17. Before him are Ayşe Sultan, Louise de Marillac, Alexandre de Rhodes, George II Rákóczi, Elizabeth Charlotte of the Palatinate, Electress of Brandenburg, and Paul Scarron. After him are Govert Flinck, Jacob Cats, Maria Gonzaga, Duchess of Montferrat, Matthias Stom, John Casimir, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau, and Mary Dyer.

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