Giovanni Domenico Cassini (1625 - 1712)

Born 8 Jun 1625 in Perinaldo, Imperia, Liguria, Italy

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Died 14 Sep 1712 at age 87 in Paris, France

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Biography

Giovanni Cassini is Notable.

Cassini was the son of Jacopo Cassini, a Tuscan, and Julia Crovesi. Giovanni[a] Domenico Cassini (8 June 1625 – 14 September 1712) was an Italian (naturalised French) mathematician, astronomer and engineer. Cassini was born in Perinaldo, near Imperia, at that time in the County of Nice, part of the Savoyard state. Cassini is known for his work in the fields of astronomy and engineering. Cassini discovered four satellites of the planet Saturn and noted the division of the rings of Saturn; the Cassini Division was named after him. Giovanni Domenico Cassini was also the first of his family to begin work on the project of creating a topographic map of France. On 14 July 1673 Cassini obtained the benefits of French citizenship. In 1674 he married Geneviève de Laistre, the daughter of the lieutenant general of the comté of Clermont. "From this marriage Cassini had two sons; the younger, Jacques Cassini, succeeded him as astronomer and geodesist under the name of Cassini II."

Sources

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giovanni_Domenico_Cassini
• Chalmers, Alexander. The General Biographical Dictionary (London, 1813) Vol. 8, Page 383-85
• http://www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Cassini.html
• http://www.space.com/18902-giovanni-cassini.html