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Giovanni Schiaparelli
1910Jul, 4

Giovanni Schiaparelli

Giovanni Schiaparelli, Italian astronomer and historian (b. 1835)
Giovanni Virginio Schiaparelli ( SKAP-ə-REL-ee, SHAP-, also US: skee-AHP-, Italian: [dʒoˈvanni virˈdʒiːnjo skjapaˈrɛlli]; 14 March 1835 – 4 July 1910) was an Italian astronomer and science historian.

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