Born Rome, (Italy), 1585
Died Acquasparta, (Umbria, Italy), 1630
Prince Federico Cesi founded the Academy of the Lincei. He helped Galileo Galilei with his publications; however, Cesi’s own book, championing the fluidity of the heavens, was never published.
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Freedberg, David (2002). The Eye of the Lynx: Galileo, His Friends, and the Beginnings of Modern Natural History. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
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Hockey, T. (2014). Cesi, Federico. In: Hockey, T., et al. Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-9917-7_256
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