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Giuseppe Piazzi

lived from 1746 to 1826

Giuseppe Piazzi was a mathematician and astronomer, most famed for his discovery of Ceres between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. He also did important work on the proper motions of stars.

Find out more at: https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Piazzi/