| Authorised form of name | Poleni; Giovanni (1683 - 1761); Marquis |
| Dates | 1683 - 1761 |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Place of birth | Venice, Italy |
| Date of birth | 23 August 1683 |
| Place of death | Padua, Italy |
| Date of death | 14 or 15 November 1761 |
| Dates and places | Burial:
Church of San Giacomo, Padua, Italy |
| Research field | Mathematics |
| Physics |
| Engineering |
| Ancient history |
| Archaeology |
| Activity | Education:
School of the Padri Somaschi, Venice; studied physics and mathematics with his father
Career:
Started a judicial career; Professor of Astronomy (1709), Professor of Physics (1715), Professor of Mathematics (1719), all at Padua; investigated the hydraulics relating to the irrigation of Lower Lombardy; established a laboratory of experimental physics and began to lecture on that subject (1738); participated in the study of calendar reform sponsored by Pope Clement IX; won the prize of the Academie Royale des Sciences (1733, 1736, 1741); summoned to Rome to try to prevent further movement of the Dome of St Peter's (1748) but was recalled to his judicial duties
Memberships:
Academie Royale des Sciences (1739)
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 30/11/1710 |
| Proposer | Sir Isaac Newton |
| Relationships | Son of Marquess Jacopo Poleni; married Orsola Roberti of Bassano della Grappa; kinsman of Vendramin Bianchi (FRS 1710) |
| Sources | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DSB
Notes:
DSB gives death date as 15 November 1761 |
| Royal Society code | NA2829 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| Reference number | Title | Date |
| RBO/13/37 | Observations of the sun witnessed in October 1727 by John Poleni | 1727 |
| RBO/14/69 | Observations of the moon by Giovanni Poleni | 1729 |
| CLP/8i/72 | Paper, several observations of the lunar eclipse made at Padua on 8 September 1718 extracted from the 'Giornale di Literati' of Venice | 1724 |
| CLP/8ii/24 | Paper, observations of the moon in Paris in 1729 xxxxx by Poleni | 1730 |
| CLP/8ii/28 | Paper, observations of the sun by G Poleni | 1730 |
| CLP/8ii/13 | Letter, 'Observatio Defectus Lunae' [Observations of the Moon] by Giovanni Poleni | 29 July 1729 |
| CLP/8ii/3 | Paper, 'Observatio defectus solis' [Observation of the sun] and 'Observatio defectus lunae' [Observation of the moon] by Giovanni Poleni at Passau | 1726 |
| EL/P2/11 | Giovanni Poleni, dated at Padova, to James Jurin | 1731 |
| EL/P2/21 | Giovanni Poleni to James Jurin | 1 June 1737 |
| EL/P2/17 | Translation of a letter from Giovanni Poleni to James Jurin | 1737 |
| EL/P2/12 | Letters from Giovanni Poleni, dated at Padova, to James Jurin | 1731 |
| RBO/15/27 | Observations of the sun from J Poleni | 1730 |