Angelo Secchi
Angelo Secchi was born on June 29, 1818. See ranking, bio blurb, and everyone else born that day.
About Angelo Secchi
Angelo Secchi (Italian pronunciation: [ˈandʒelo ˈsekki]; 28 June 1818 – 26 February 1878) was an Italian Catholic priest and astronomer from the Italian region of Emilia. He was director of the observatory at the Pontifical Gregorian University (then called the Roman College) for 28 years. He was a pioneer in astronomical spectroscopy, and was one of the first scientists to state authoritatively that the Sun is a star.