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Giuseppe Piazzi
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Giuseppe Piazzi

Scientist · born July 16, 1746 · died 1826

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Giuseppe Piazzi was an Italian Catholic priest of the Theatine order, mathematician, and astronomer. He established an observatory at Palermo, now the Osservatorio Astronomico di Palermo – Giuseppe S. Vaiana.

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  1. ~58Received the Fellow of the Royal Society1804
  2. ~58Received the Lalande Prize1804

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