Lorenzo Respighi, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Lorenzo Respighi

Italian mathematician

Date of Birth: 01-Jan-1824

Place of Birth: Cortemaggiore, Emilia-Romagna, Italy

Date of Death: 10-Dec-1889

Profession: astronomer, mathematician

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Lorenzo Respighi (7 October 1824 – 10 December 1889) was an Italian mathematician and natural philosopher.
Born at Cortemaggiore, Piacenza, to Luigi Respighi and Giuseppina Rossetti.
He studied mathematics and natural philosophy, first at Parma and then at the University of Bologna, where he obtained his degree ad honorem in 1845.
From 1855 to 1864 he was director of the Astronomic Observatory of Bologna, and during these years he discovered three comets, #1862 IV, #1863 III and #1863 V. In 1865 he was nominated director of the Astronomic Observatory of the Campidoglio, in Rome. The crater Respighi on the Moon is named after him.