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Guido Horn d'Arturo | |
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 Guido Horn d'Arturo | |
| Born | 13 February 1879 Trieste, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy |
| Died | 1 April 1967 (aged 88) Bologna, Italy |
| Nationality | Austrian, Italian |
| Alma mater | University of Vienna |
| Known for | Inventor of the tessellated telescope |
| Awards | War Cross of Military Valor (1919) Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (1957) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Astronomy, Celestial Mechanics |
| Institutions | Catania Astrophysical Observatory, Turin Astronomical Observatory, Collegio Romano Observatory, Bologna Observatory |
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Guido Horn d'Arturo (13 February 1879 – 1 April 1967) was an Italian astronomer born in Trieste, then part of the Austrian Empire. He obtained Italian citizenship after serving as a volunteer in the Italian army during the First World War. To avoid being persecuted as an irredentist by the Austrian authorities, he officially added to his surname Horn that of "d'Arturo" which he used in the war.[clarification needed]
He was director of the Astronomical Observatory of Bologna from 1921 to 1954, with an interruption of over six years following the persecution for fascist racial laws.[clarification needed] In 1931 he founded the magazine Coelum for the dissemination of astronomy in the society.[1]
The asteroid 3744, discovered in 1983, bears the name "Horn-d'Arturo".
- ^ Bònoli, Fabrizio; Gargano, Mauro (2018). "Guido Horn d'Arturo". Polvere di Stelle (in Italian). Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica.