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Paolo dal Pozzo Toscanelli

1397 - 1482

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Paolo dal Pozzo Toscanelli (1397 – 10 May 1482) was an Italian mathematician, astronomer, and cosmographer. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Paolo dal Pozzo Toscanelli has received more than 144,309 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia. Paolo dal Pozzo Toscanelli is the 45th most popular astronomer (down from 39th in 2019), the 772nd most popular biography from Italy (down from 727th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Italian Astronomer.

Paolo dal Pozzo Toscanelli is most famous for being the first to calculate the circumference of the Earth, which he did by measuring the distance from the equator to the North Pole.

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    Languages Editions (L)

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Paolo dal Pozzo Toscanelli ranks 45 out of 644. Before him are Robert Woodrow Wilson, Giovanni Schiaparelli, Jan Oort, Sosigenes of Alexandria, Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille, and Jérôme Lalande. After him are Gerard Kuiper, Ferdinand Verbiest, Vera Rubin, Clyde Tombaugh, Riccardo Giacconi, and William Lassell.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1397, Paolo dal Pozzo Toscanelli ranks 5. Before him are Sejong the Great, Pope Nicholas V, Guillaume Du Fay, and Albert II of Germany. After him are Hacı I Giray, Isabella of Portugal, Duchess of Burgundy, Jahan Shah, Chimalpopoca, Baysunghur, Tlacaelel, and Alexander I Aldea. Among people deceased in 1482, Paolo dal Pozzo Toscanelli ranks 5. Before him are Mary of Burgundy, Hugo van der Goes, Margaret of Anjou, and Luca della Robbia. After him are Federico da Montefeltro, Philibert I, Duke of Savoy, Gedik Ahmed Pasha, Lucrezia Tornabuoni, William III, Landgrave of Thuringia, Louis of Cyprus, and Giovanni di Paolo.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Paolo dal Pozzo Toscanelli ranks 772 out of 5,161. Before him are Teia (550), Gianni Agnelli (1921), Tarcisius (263), Ferruccio Busoni (1866), Charles Martel of Anjou (1271), and Lucius Cornelius Cinna (-135). After him are Giovanni Battista Belzoni (1778), Giovanni Paisiello (1740), Amalasuntha (495), Italo Balbo (1896), Agostino Carracci (1557), and Vannozza dei Cattanei (1442).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In Italy

Among astronomers born in Italy, Paolo dal Pozzo Toscanelli ranks 6. Before him are Galileo Galilei (1564), Giordano Bruno (1548), Giovanni Domenico Cassini (1625), Giuseppe Piazzi (1746), and Giovanni Schiaparelli (1835). After him are Riccardo Giacconi (1931), Giovanni Battista Riccioli (1598), Girolamo Fracastoro (1476), Angelo Secchi (1818), Annibale de Gasparis (1819), and Luigi Ferdinando Marsili (1658).

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