# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/francesco-lana-de-terzi
# Generated: 2026-08-15T12:15:59.644Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/francesco-lana-de-terzi"
name: "Francesco Lana de Terzi"
slug: "francesco-lana-de-terzi"
description: "Francesco Lana de Terzi was an Italian Jesuit priest, mathematician, naturalist and aeronautics pioneer. Having been professor of physics and mathematics at Brescia, he first sketched the concept for a vacuum airship and has been referred to as the Father of Aeronautics for his pioneering efforts, turning the aeronautics field into a science by establishing \"a theory of aerial navigation verified by mathematical accuracy\". He also developed the idea that developed into Braille. The asteroid 6892 Lana was named after him."
tagline: "Italian physicist and mathematician"
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gender: "male"
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1631-12-10"
deathDate: "1687-02-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  momentum:             1.751824817518248
  historical:           12.022932
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  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump