Quo Fuit places 4 dated presences for Giovanni Domenico Cassini across 4 places, from 1648 to 1712.
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Giovanni Domenico Cassini (8-11 June 1625 – 14 September 1712) was an Italian-French mathematician, astronomer, astrologer and engineer.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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1648year
Bolognaattested“In 1648 Cassini accepted a position at the observatory at Panzano (Castelfranco Emilia), near Bologna, to work with Marquis Cornelio Malvasia, a rich amateur astronomer, initiating the first part of his career.”source: Wikipedia: Giovanni Domenico Cassini
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San Petronioattested“In 1661 he developed a method, inspired by Kepler's work, of mapping successive phases of solar eclipses; and in 1662 he published new tables of the sun, based on his observations at San Petronio." Cassini also rejected Newton's theory o…”source: Wikipedia: Giovanni Domenico Cassini
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Franceattested“Cassini's determinations of the rotational periods of Jupiter and Mars in 1665–1667 enhanced his fame, and in 1669, with the reluctant assent of the Pope, he moved to France and through a grant from Louis XIV, the "Sun King" of France, h…”source: Wikipedia: Giovanni Domenico Cassini
14 September 1712exact date
Parisattested“"From this marriage Cassini had two sons; the younger, Jacques Cassini, succeeded him as astronomer and geodesist under the name of Cassini II." In 1711, Cassini went blind, and he died on 14 September 1712 in Paris at the age of 87.”source: Wikipedia: Giovanni Domenico Cassini
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Bolognamentioned“In 1645 the Marquis Cornelio Malvasia, a senator of Bologna with a great interest in astrology, invited Cassini to Bologna and offered him a position in the Panzano Observatory, which he was constructing at that time.”source: Wikipedia: Giovanni Domenico Cassini
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University of Bolognamentioned“In 1650 the senate of Bologna appointed him as the principal chair of astronomy at the University of Bologna.”source: Wikipedia: Giovanni Domenico Cassini
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Bolognamentioned“While in his position in Bologna, he observed and wrote a book on the comet of 1652.”source: Wikipedia: Giovanni Domenico Cassini
Cayennementioned“In 1672, he sent his colleague Jean Richer to Cayenne, French Guiana, while he himself stayed in Paris.”source: Wikipedia: Giovanni Domenico Cassini
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Parismentioned“In 1672, he sent his colleague Jean Richer to Cayenne, French Guiana, while he himself stayed in Paris.”source: Wikipedia: Giovanni Domenico Cassini
Siammentioned“In 1688, the French envoy to Siam (Thailand), Simon de la Loubère, returned to Paris with an obscure manuscript relating to the astronomical traditions of that country, along with a French translation.”source: Wikipedia: Giovanni Domenico Cassini
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Parismentioned“In 1688, the French envoy to Siam (Thailand), Simon de la Loubère, returned to Paris with an obscure manuscript relating to the astronomical traditions of that country, along with a French translation.”source: Wikipedia: Giovanni Domenico Cassini
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