# Giuseppe Calandrelli

> Giuseppe Calandrelli was an Italian priest, astronomer and mathematician. He founded the first astronomical observatory in the Collegio Romano in 1787. An uncle of the astronomer Ignazio Calandrelli, he was among the first to observe the parallax of stars, estimate the masses of comets, the potential size of their atmosphere, and to examine the use of barometers to mathematically estimate altitudes.

*Astronomer, mathematician and Italian abbot*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Scientist ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Scientists
- **Born:** 1749-05-22
- **Died:** 1827-12-24
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

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