Giacomo Micalori (1570 – 1645) was an Italian theologian, philosopher and astronomer.[1]
Life edit
Born in Urbino in 1570,[1] he became in 1600 a canon of the Urbino Cathedral.[2] He was professor of theology and philosophy at the University of Urbino.[3]
His main work in four books, Della sfera mondiale, printed in Urbino in 1626 by Marc' Antonio Mazzantini with many astronomical illustrations, is a relevant work of disclosure against judicial astrology, with details about telescope and zodiac.[4]
He vigorously disputed with Erycius Puteanus (Erik van de Putte) about his proposal of a calendrical date line.[5] He was also author of a comedy and a drama.[3]
He died in Urbino in 1645.[1]
Works edit
- Micalori, Giacomo (1626). Della sfera mondiale (in Italian). In Urbino: Marco Antonio Mazzantini.
- Micalori, Giacomo (1635). Antapocrisi (in Italian). In Roma: Francesco Roma Cavalli.
References edit
- ^ a b c A.M.A., Francesco Battistelli -. "A.M.A. - Associazione Marchigiana Astrofili - Ancona". www.amastrofili.org. Retrieved 2017-07-05.
- ^ Serie cronologica di tutti li signori canonici della chiesa di Urbino (PDF).
- ^ a b "Micalori, Giacomo". thesaurus.cerl.org. Retrieved 2017-06-07.
- ^ "Della sfera mondiale. Libri quattro ne'quali compendiosamente si mostra quanto è necessario a generale intelligenza di sfera (rist. anast. Urbino, 1626) - Giacomo Micalori - RCS Libri". RCS Libri (in Italian). Retrieved 2017-07-05.
- ^ Gent, R.H. van. "A History of the International Date Line - 17th-century proposals". webspace.science.uu.nl. Retrieved 2017-07-05.