Giovanni Branca
Italian engineer and architect
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Giovanni Branca was an Italian engineer and architect, chiefly remembered today for what some commentators have taken to be an early steam turbine. Wikipedia
Born: April 22, 1571, Sant'Angelo in Lizzola, Italy
Died: January 24, 1645 (age 73 years), Loreto, Italy