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Giovanni Battista Zupi

1589 - 1667

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Giovanni Battista Zupi or Zupus (2 November 1589 – 26 August 1667) was an Italian astronomer, mathematician, and Jesuit priest. He was born in Catanzaro. In 1639, Giovanni was the first person to discover that the planet Mercury had orbital phases, like those of the Moon and Venus. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Giovanni Battista Zupi has received more than 22,568 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Giovanni Battista Zupi is the 689th most popular mathematician (down from 547th in 2019), the 3,437th most popular biography from Italy (down from 2,908th in 2019) and the 55th most popular Italian Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Giovanni Battista Zupi ranks 689 out of 1,004. Before him are Serge Lang, David Gale, Sylvestre François Lacroix, Alexander Esenin-Volpin, Edmond Laguerre, and Pierre Raymond de Montmort. After him are Roy Kerr, Viktor Sadovnichiy, Jürgen Moser, Heinz Hopf, Jean-Christophe Yoccoz, and Lewis Fry Richardson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1589, Giovanni Battista Zupi ranks 17. Before him are Hercules Seghers, Marko Krizin, Gabriel Báthory, Adriaen van de Venne, Gisbertus Voetius, and Giovanni Pesaro. After him is Honorat de Bueil, seigneur de Racan. Among people deceased in 1667, Giovanni Battista Zupi ranks 24. Before him are Melchiorre Cafà, Jean de Thévenot, John VI, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst, Johann von Rist, Grégoire de Saint-Vincent, and Jacobus Golius. After him is Abraham Cowley.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Giovanni Battista Zupi ranks 3,437 out of 5,161. Before him are Giovanni Battista Scalabrini (1839), Vincenzo Iaquinta (1979), Mario Magnozzi (1902), Carlo Di Palma (1925), Gianni Motta (1943), and Francesco Moraglia (1953). After him are Piero Carini (1921), Benedicta Boccoli (1966), Aldo Serena (1960), Giuseppe Piermarini (1734), Alberto Braglia (1883), and Rossella Falk (1926).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Italy

Among mathematicians born in Italy, Giovanni Battista Zupi ranks 55. Before him are Beppo Levi (1875), Pietro Mengoli (1626), Luigi Bianchi (1856), Cesare Arzelà (1847), Alessandro Galilei (1691), and Tommaso Ceva (1648). After him are Ennio de Giorgi (1928), Francesco Faà di Bruno (1825), Federigo Enriques (1871), Guido Castelnuovo (1865), Giuseppe Vitali (1875), and Giuseppe Veronese (1854).

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