Giovanni Demisiani

Giovanni Demisiani (Greek: Ἰωάννης Δημησιάνος; died 1614), a Greek from Zakynthos, was a theologian, chemist, mathematician to Cardinal Gonzaga, and member of the Accademia dei Lincei.[1][2] Demisiani is noted for coining the name telescope (from the Greek τῆλε, tele "far" and σκοπεῖν, skopein "to look or see") for a version of the instrument presented by Galileo Galilei to the Accademia dei Lincei at a banquet honoring Galileo’s induction into the Accademia in 1611.[2]

Giovanni Demisiani
Born	Zakynthos
Died	1614
Nationality	Greek
Known for	Lincean, naming the Telescope.
Scientific career
Fields	Mathematics, chemistry

See also

• List of Greek mathematicians

Notes

1. "The Eye of the Lynx" by David Freedberg, Page 115
2. "STAR FIELDS, Newsletter of the Amateur Telescope Makers of Boston Vol. 18, No. 9 October 2006" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 May 2008. Retrieved 20 October 2008.

External links

• Short biography (in Greek)