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Giuseppe Biancani

Astronomer and mathematician
Giuseppe Biancani, SJ was an Italian Jesuit astronomer, mathematician, and selenographer, after whom the crater Blancanus on the Moon is named. Wikipedia
Born: March 8, 1566, Bologna, Italy
Died: June 7, 1624 (age 58 years), Parma, Italy
Notable student: Niccolò Cabeo