Giuseppe Biancani
Italian Jesuit astronomer, mathematician, and selenographer (1566–1624) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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"Blancanus" redirects here. For the lunar crater, see Blancanus (crater).
Giuseppe Biancani, SJ (Latin: Josephus Blancanus) (1566–1624) was an Italian Jesuit astronomer, mathematician, and selenographer, after whom the crater Blancanus on the Moon is named.[2]
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Born | (1566-03-08)March 8, 1566 |
Died | June 7, 1624(1624-06-07) (aged 58) |
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Alma mater | Roman College |
Doctoral advisor | Christopher Clavius |
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School or tradition | Aristotelianism |
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