Giuseppe Piazzi ( 1746 - 1826 )

Birth: Ponte in Valtellina, Italy (16 July 1746) Death: Naples, Italy (22 July 1826) Research Field: Astronomy Education: Studied Philosophy (1764, Turin) and Theology (1766, Rome) Career: Theatine monk; taught philosophy in the Theatine cloister, Genoa (1769); Professor of Mathematics, University of Malta (1770); taught Mathematics in Ravenna (1773); preacher in the Theatine Cloister, Cremona (1778); taught dogmatics in the College of Andrea della Valle, Rome (1779); Professor of Higher Mathematics, Academia, Palermo; Director of the Academy, Naples (1790-1791); Director of the Observatory, Naples Membership: Fellow Election Date: 12/04/1804.