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Born March 25, 1786 • Modena
Died April 10, 1863 (aged 77) • Florence • Italy

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British optician and astronomer
Eustachio Divini
Italian optician
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Johannes Kepler
German astronomer
Telescope at Birr Castle
William Parsons, 3rd earl of Rosse
Irish astronomer
George Dollond
British optician
Galileo
Galileo
Italian philosopher, astronomer and mathematician
Giuseppe Campani
Italian inventor
Niccolò Zucchi
Italian astronomer
Understanding Newton's theory of universal gravitation
Isaac Newton
English physicist and mathematician
Helmholtz.
Hermann von Helmholtz
German scientist and philosopher
Joseph Priestley
Joseph Priestley
English clergyman and scientist
William Herschel
William Herschel
British-German astronomer
John Herschel
Sir John Herschel, 1st Baronet
English astronomer
Lovell, Sir Bernard
Sir Bernard Lovell
English radio astronomer
George Ellery Hale
American astronomer
Lord Rayleigh, engraving by R. Cottot.
Lord Rayleigh
British scientist
Ibn al-Haytham
Arab astronomer and mathematician
Fresnel, detail of an engraving by Ambroise Tardieu after a contemporary portrait, 1825
Augustin-Jean Fresnel
French physicist
Sir Martin Ryle.
Sir Martin Ryle
British astronomer
David Rittenhouse
David Rittenhouse
American astronomer and inventor

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