Riccardo Giacconi, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Riccardo Giacconi

astrophysicist

Date of Birth: 06-Oct-1931

Place of Birth: Genoa, Liguria, Italy

Date of Death: 09-Dec-2018

Profession: astronomer, physicist, astrophysicist, university teacher

Nationality: United States, Italy

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Riccardo Giacconi ( j?-KOH-nee, Italian: [rik'kardo d?ak'ko?ni]; October 6, 1931 – December 9, 2018) was an Italian-American Nobel Prize-winning astrophysicist who laid down the foundations of X-ray astronomy.
He was a professor at the Johns Hopkins University.