Giuseppe Piazzi, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Giuseppe Piazzi

Italian Catholic priest of the Theatine order, mathematician, and astronomer

Date of Birth: 16-Jul-1746

Place of Birth: Ponte in Valtellina, Lombardy, Italy

Date of Death: 22-Jul-1826

Profession: astronomer, priest, mathematician, university teacher

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Giuseppe Piazzi (US: PYAHT-see, Italian: [d?u'z?ppe 'pjattsi]; 16 July 1746 – 22 July 1826) 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.
Perhaps his most famous discovery was the first dwarf planet, Ceres.