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Galileo Galilei

Award received: <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q99951011&amp;oldid=2525132117" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">International Space Hall of Fame · dated 1991
Notable work: <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q219207&amp;oldid=2515854095" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Galilean transformation
Employer: <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q193510&amp;oldid=2560834647" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">University of Padua · from 1592
Education: <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q645663&amp;oldid=2551796089" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">University of Pisa · to 1585
Notable work: <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q1132975&amp;oldid=2472112414" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">equations for a falling body
Employer: <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q645663&amp;oldid=2551796089" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">University of Pisa · from 1589

Wikidata describes Galileo Galilei as Italian polymath (1564–1642).

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