Giovanni Battista Riccioli

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:human
gptkbp:almaMater	gptkb:University_of_Parma
gptkbp:birthDate	1598-04-17
gptkbp:birthPlace	gptkb:Ferrara
gptkbp:deathDate	1671-06-25
gptkbp:deathPlace	gptkb:Bologna
gptkbp:field	gptkb:astronomy gptkb:theology physics
gptkbp:honor	Riccioli crater named after him
gptkbp:influenced	gptkb:Francesco_Maria_Grimaldi
gptkbp:influencedBy	gptkb:Galileo_Galilei gptkb:Tycho_Brahe
gptkbp:knownFor	Riccioli crater on the Moon naming lunar features
gptkbp:language	gptkb:Latin
gptkbp:memberOf	gptkb:Society_of_Jesus
gptkbp:nationality	gptkb:Italian
gptkbp:notableWork	gptkb:Almagestum_Novum gptkb:Astronomia_Reformata
gptkbp:occupation	gptkb:physicist gptkb:religious_organization gptkb:astronomer
gptkbp:proposedBy	arguments against heliocentrism experiments on falling bodies
gptkbp:religion	gptkb:Catholicism
gptkbp:signature	Giovanni Battista Riccioli signature.svg
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Basilica_di_Santa_Maria_Maggiore gptkb:Sapienza_University_of_Rome
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Giovanni Battista Riccioli