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Cassini; Jean Dominique (1625 - 1712); Astronomer
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| Surname |
Cassini
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| Forenames |
Jean Dominique
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| Epithet |
Astronomer
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| DatesofExistence |
1625 - 1712
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| Nationality |
Italian
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| DatesAndPlaces |
Birth:
Perinaldo, Imperia, Italy (08 June 1625)
Death:
Paris, France (14 September 1712)
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| Activity |
Profession:
Engineer
Research Field:
Astronomy; Geodesy; Hydraulics
Education:
School at Vallebonne; Jesuit College at Genoa; Abbey of San Fructuoso; Pupil of Giovanni Battista Riccioli and Francesco Maria Grimaldi
Career:
Worked in the Observatory of the Marchese Cornelio Malvasia at Panzano, near Bologna (1648); Professor of Astronomy at Bologna (1650); reconstructed the meridian at the church of San Petronio, Bologna (1653); Secretary to the Genoese Embassy to Louis XIV; Superintendent of the Waters of Bologna and the Papal States; Superintendent of Fortifications at Urbino; brought to France by Colbert to be the first Manager of the Observatoire in Paris (1669-1710); went to Cayenne to observe the parallax of Mars (1672); naturalised French (1673); travelled to Italy, where he revisited the meridian of San Petronio (1695)
Memberships:
Academie Royale des Sciences (1669)
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| RSActivity |
Membership:
Fellow
Election Date:
22/05/1672
Proposers:
Henry Oldenburg
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| Relationships |
Son of Giacomo or Jacopo Cassini and his wife Giulia Crovesi; married Genevieve Delaitre; father of Jacques Cassini (FRS 1698); grandfather of Cesar Francois Cassini de Thury (FRS 1751); great-grandfather of Jean Dominique Cassini (ForMem RS 1789)
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| Source |
Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DSB; Hunter; NBG; DBI
References:
Sir Gavin de Beer and Max H Hey, 'The First Ascent of Mont Blanc' in NR 1954-55 vol 11 pp 236-255
E N da C Andrade, 'The Birth and Early Days of the Philosophical Transactions' in NR 1965 vol 20 pp 9-27
E Faure-Fremiet, 'Les Origines de l'Academie des Sciences de Paris' in NR 1966 vol 21 pp 20-31
Douglas McKie, 'James, Duke of York, FRS' in NR 1958 vol 13 pp 6-18
Sir Alan Cook, 'An Astronomical Patriarch', review of Anna Cassini, Gio: Domenico Cassini Uno scienzato del Seicento in NR 1997 vol 51 pp 335-337
Sir Alan Cook, 'Ladies in the Scientific Revolution' in NR 1997 vol 51 pp 1-12
Marta Cavazza, 'The Institute of Science of Bologna and the Royal Society in the eighteenth century' in NR 2002 vol 56 pp 3-25, plate
Notes:
DBI says Perinaldo is in Province of Nizza (ie Nice), then in Savoy, now in France
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NA8383
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| CLP/8i/9 |
Paper, eclipses of the moon, Jupiter and comet on 6 August 1684 in Rome from J Cassini |
1664 |
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Paper, eclipses of the moon, Jupiter and comet on 6 August 1684 in Rome from J Cassini |
1664 |
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| CLP/8i/9/2 |
Table, observation of a lunar eclipse, Jupiter and comets by J Cassini |
1664 |
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| CLP/8i/32 |
Paper, observations of saturn with figures of sun spots and division in ring of saturn by Cassini |
1676 |
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| CLP/8i/32/1 |
Paper, observations of saturn with figures of sun spots and division in ring of saturn by Cassini |
1676 |
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| CLP/8i/32/2 |
Diagram, sunspots and saturn by Cassini |
1676 |
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| EL/A/1 |
Letter, from Adrian Auzout, to [unknown correspondent] |
3 March 1665 |
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| EL/C1/49 |
Letter from Jean Dominique Cassini |
14 February 1665 |
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| EL/C1/50 |
Jean Dominique Cassini, dated at Paris, to Henry Oldenburg |
10 June 1669 |
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| EL/C1/51 |
Jean Dominique Cassini, dated at Paris, to Henry Oldenburg |
2 February 1671 |
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| EL/C1/52 |
Jean Dominique Cassini, dated at Paris, to Henry Oldenburg |
20 August 1671 |
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| EL/C1/53 |
Jean Dominique Cassini, dated at Paris, to Henry Oldenburg |
23 April 1672 |
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| EL/C1/54 |
Jean Dominique Cassini to Henry Oldenburg |
9 January 1672 |
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| EL/C1/55 |
Jean Dominique Cassini, dated at Paris, to Henry Oldenburg |
22 June 1672 |
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| EL/C1/56 |
Jean Dominique Cassini's observations of a new planet around Saturn |
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| EL/C1/57 |
Jean Dominique Cassini, dated at Paris, to Henry Oldenburg |
25 March 1673 |
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| EL/C1/58 |
Jean Dominique Cassini, dated at Paris, to Henry Oldenburg |
11 August 1673 |
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| EL/C1/59 |
Copy of a letter from Jean Dominique Cassini to John Flamsteed |
11 August 1673 |
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| EL/C1/60 |
Jean Dominique Cassini, dated at Paris, to Henry Oldenburg |
22 September 1673 |
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| EL/C1/61 |
Copy of a letter from Jean Dominique Cassini, dated at Paris, to John Flamsteed |
8 November 1673 |
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| EL/C1/62 |
Jean Dominique Cassini, dated at Paris, to Henry Oldenburg |
8 November 1673 |
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| EL/C1/63 |
Jean Dominique Cassini, dated at Paris, to Henry Oldenburg |
28 June 1674 |
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| EL/C1/64 |
Jean Dominique Cassini, dated at Paris, to Henry Oldenburg |
7 August 1675 |
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| EL/C1/65 |
Jean Dominique Cassini to Henry Oldenburg |
November 1676 |
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| EL/C1/66 |
Jean Dominique Cassini, dated at Paris, to Henry Oldenburg |
2 November 1676 |
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| EL/C1/67 |
Copy of a letter from Jean Dominique Cassini to John Flamsteed |
11 February 1676 |
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| EL/C1/68 |
Jean Dominique Cassini, dated at Paris, to Henry Oldenburg |
11 February 1676 |
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| EL/C1/69 |
Jean Dominique Cassini, dated at Paris, to Henry Oldenburg |
4 March 1676 |
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| EL/C1/70 |
Jean Dominique Cassini to Henry Oldenburg |
25 July 1676 |
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| EL/C1/71 |
Jean Dominique Cassin, dated at Paris, to Henry Oldenburg |
26 August 1676 |
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| EL/C1/72 |
Jean Dominique Cassini, dated at Paris, to Henry Oldenburg |
9 August 1676 |
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Jean Dominique Cassini, dated at Paris, to Henry Oldenburg |
12 February 1676 |
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Jean Dominique Cassini, dated at Paris, to Henry Oldenburg |
23 February 1676 |
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| EL/C1/75 |
Jean Dominique Cassini, dated at Paris, to Henry Oldenburg |
24 October 1676 |
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| EL/C1/76 |
Jean Dominique Cassini, dated at Paris, to Henry Oldenburg |
4 November 1676 |
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| EL/C1/77 |
Jean Domenico Cassini, dated at Paris, to Henry Oldenburg |
16 December 1676 |
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Jean Dominique Cassini, dated at Paris, to Henry Oldenburg |
2 January 1677 |
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Jean Dominique Cassini, dated at Paris, to Henry Oldenburg |
9 May 1677 |
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Jean Dominique Cassini, dated at Paris, to Henry Oldenburg |
16 June 1677 |
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| EL/C1/81 |
Jean Dominique Cassini, dated at Paris, to Henry Oldenburg |
7 August 1677 |
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| EL/C1/82 |
Jean Dominique Cassini, dated at Paris, to John Flamsteed |
15 June 1682 |
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| EL/C1/83 |
Extract from a letter from Jean Dominique Cassini to P Fontenay |
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| EL/C1/84 |
Observations of the new comet from the Royal Observatory in Paris by Jean Dominique Cassini |
February 1699 |
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| EL/C1/85 |
Jacques Cassini, dated at Paris, to Hans Sloane |
20 August 1700 |
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| EL/C1/86 |
Jean Dominique Cassini to Edmond Halley |
9 July 1701 |
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| EL/F1/98 |
Copy of a letter from John Flamsteed, dated at Derby, to Jean Cassini |
7 July 1673 |
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| EL/F1/102 |
Copy of a letter from John Flamsteed, dated at Derby, to Jean Cassini |
September 1673 |
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| EL/F1/110 |
Copy of a letter from John Flamsteed to Jean Cassini |
1675 |
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| EL/F1/117 |
Copy of a letter from John Flamsteed, dated at Greenwich, to Jean Cassini |
1675 |
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| EL/O1/113 |
Henry Oldenburg, dated at London, to Jean Cassini |
4 May 1669 |
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| EL/O2/55 |
Henry Oldenburg, dated at London, to Jean Cassini |
26 August 1671 |
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| EL/O2/108 |
Henry Oldenburg, dated at London, to Jean Cassini |
March 1673 |
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| EL/O2/130 |
Henry Oldenburg, dated at London, to Jean Cassini |
11 September 1673 |
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| EL/O2/145 |
Henry Oldenburg, dated at London, to Jean Cassini |
30 March 1674 |
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| EL/O2/152 |
Henry Oldenburg, dated at London, to Jean Cassini |
9 December 1674 |
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Cassini, Jean Dominique |
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Cassini, Jean Dominique |
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