Giovanni Schiaparelli
Giovanni Virginio Schiaparelli (March 14,1835 - July 4,1910) was an Italian astronomer. He studied at the University of Turin and Berlin Observatory and worked for over forty years at Brera Observatory.
He observed objects in the solar system, and after observing Mars he named the "seas" and "continents", including the canali, meaning "channels" but famously mistranslated as "canals".
His niece Elsa Schiaparelli became a fabled couturier.
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