| Authorised form of name | Secchi; Angelo (1818 - 1878) |
| Other forms of name | Pietro Angelo |
| Dates | 1818 - 1878 |
| Place of birth | Reggio nell' Emilia, Italy |
| Date of birth | 29 June 1818 |
| Place of death | Rome, Italy |
| Date of death | 26 February 1878 |
| Research field | Astronomy |
| Activity | Education:
Collegio Romano (philosophy and science)
Career:
Joined Society of Jesus in Rome (1833); Professor of Physics, College of Loreto (1840); went to Stonyhurst College, Lancashire when Jesuits were expelled from Italy (1848); Observatory Assistant to A Weld; travelled to Washington (1849); returned to Italy as Director, Observatorio del Collegio Romano, Rome (1850 - his death)
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| Membership category | Foreign Member |
| Date of election | 20/11/1856 |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DSB
References:
G Ferrari and A McConnell, 'Robert Mallet and the 'Great Neapolitan earthquake' of 1857 in NR 2005 vol 59 pp 45-64 |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/54302997 |
| Code | NA3766 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| EC/1856/17 | Secchi, Angelo: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| MS/710/100 | Letter from Angelo Secchi, Collegio Romani, to [Robert Were Fox?] | nd |
| NLB/26/125 | Copy letter from unknown correspondent to, Signore P Giuseppe Lais, Vice-direttore della Specola Vaticana, Via Terre Argentina, 76, Rome | 28 January 1903 |
| MC/5/266 | Letter from W H [William Henry] Smyth, [Foreign Secretary of the Royal Society], St John's Lodge, to [Charles Richard] Weld, [Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society] | 23 November 1856 |
| MC/6 | Volume 6 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1859-1863 |
| MC/7/25 | Letter from P A [Pietro Angelo] Secchi, Astronomical Observatory, Rome, to the Royal Society, Burlington House, London | 25 February 1864 |
| MC/7 | Volume 7 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1864-1866 |
| AP/38/20/2 | Unpublished figure, construction of the observatory of the Roman College by P A [Angelo] Secchi | 1856 |
| AP/38/20 | Unpublished paper, 'Descrizione dell' osservatorio del Collegio Romano' [Description of the observatory of the Roman College] by P A [Angelo] Secchi | 1856 |
| AP/38/20/1 | Unpublished manuscript, 'Descrizione dell' osservatorio del Collegio Romano' [Description of the observatory of the Roman College] by P A [Angelo] Secchi | 1856 |
| MC/5 | Volume 5 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1851-1858 |