 Giambattista Pianciani

Giambattista (or Giovanni Battista) Pianciani (27 October 1784, in Spoleto – 23 March 1862, in Rome) was an Italian Jesuit scientist.He entered the Society of Jesus on 2 June 1805; after having received the ordinary Jesuit training he was sent to various cities in the Papal States to teach mathematics and physics and finally was appointed professor in the Roman College, where he lectured and wrote on scientific subjects for twenty-four years.