Giovanni Antonelli, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Giovanni Antonelli

Italian scientist

Date of Birth: 01-Oct-1818

Place of Birth: Pistoia, Tuscany, Italy

Date of Death: 14-Jan-1872

Profession: astronomer, engineer, mathematician

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Giovanni Antonelli (1 October 1818 – 14 January 1872) was an Italian scientist, astronomer and engineer.Antonelli was born in Pistoia, Tuscany.
A Catholic priest, he was director of the Ximenian Observatory of Florence from 1851 until his death. In 1858 he installed a lightning rod designed by himself and Filippo Cecchi on the Florence cathedral.
Again with Father Cecchi, he collaborated in the design of a prototype of internal combustion engine with Nicolò Barsanti and Felice Matteucci.
Father Antonelli wrote numerous treatises, concerning various arguments from astronomy to mathematics, hydraulics and others; he also published a comment to astronomical passages in the Divine Comedy.