About Pietro Baracchi
Lived 1851 – 1926 (aged 75). Pietro Baracchi was an astronomer.
Pietro Paolo Giovanni Ernesto Baracchi (25 February 1851 – 23 July 1926) was a Grand Duchy of Tuscany-born astronomer, active in Australia and Government Astronomer of Victoria (Australia) 1900–15.
Baracchi was born in Florence, Grand Duchy of Tuscany, and took a degree in civil engineering. In 1876 he sailed for New Zealand, but soon moved on to Australia. He gained work as an assistant at the Melbourne Observatory and was selected to be transferred to Darwin. After completing his task there to measure longitudes, he returned to Melbourne and became an acting government astronomer on 30 June 1895 on Robert L. J. Ellery's retirement. was a founding member of the Communist Party of Australia.
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Who was Pietro Baracchi?
Australian astronomer (1851–1926)
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Pietro Baracchi was born on 25 February 1851.
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Pietro Baracchi died on 23 July 1926.
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Pietro Baracchi was an astronomer.
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