Ioannis Papadakis

Ioannis Papadakis
Bornc. 1820
Tzitzifes, Crete
Died1876
Athens, Greece
NationalityGreek
Alma materUniversity of Munich
Ecole Polytechnique
Ecole des Mines
University of Athens
Parent
  • Giorgios Papadakis (father)
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics
Astronomy
Descriptive geometry
InstitutionsUniversity of Athens
Athens Polytechnic
National Observatory of Athens
Academic advisorsKonstantinos Negris

Ioannis G. Papadakis (c. 1820 – 1876 Greek: Ιωάννης Παπαδάκης) was a writer, mathematician, physicist, astronomer, meteorologist, and professor. He was the second director of the National Observatory of Athens. He temporarily succeeded Georgios Konstantinos Vouris until Johann Friedrich Julius Schmidt replaced him as the third director of the observatory. His most notable work was the observation of the Moons of Jupiter and other meteorological observations in the 1850s. He was also a Scottish rite freemason.[1][2][3][4]

  1. ^ Triandafillos Sklavenitis (October 5, 2022). "Papadakis Ioannis". Institute for Neohellenic Research. Retrieved October 5, 2022.
  2. ^ Stefanidou 1952, pp. 11.
  3. ^ Drummond, Paige & Moriarty 1877, pp. 275.
  4. ^ Theodossiou, Manimanis & Mantarakis 2007, pp. 123.