Giovanni Dondi dell'Orologio
1330
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1388
photo credits: Wikimedia Commons
country of citizenship: Republic of Venice
languages spoken, written or signed: Latin
educated at: University of Padua
occupation: astronomer, mathematician, university teacher, diplomat, poet, physician
student of: Jacopo Dondi dell'Orologio
Giovanni Dondi dell'Orologio (c. 1330 – 1388), also known as Giovanni de' Dondi, was an Italian physician, astronomer and mechanical engineer in Padua, now in Italy. He is remembered today as a pioneer in the art of clock design and construction. The Astrarium, which he designed and built over a period of 16 years, was a highly complex astronomical clock and planetarium, constructed only 60 or so years after the very first all-mechanical clocks had been built in Europe, and demonstrated an ambitious attempt to describe and model the planetary system with mathematical precision and technological sophistication. Source: Wikipedia (en)
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