| Authorised form of name | Tacchini; Pietro (1838 - 1905) |
| Dates | 1838 - 1905 |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Place of birth | Modena, Italy |
| Date of birth | 21 March 1838 |
| Place of death | Spilamberto, Modena province, Italy |
| Date of death | 24/03/1905 |
| Research field | Astronomy |
| Meteorology |
| Activity | Career:
Director, Observatory at Modena (1859); Director, Palermo Observatory (1863); Director, Meteorological Institute and Observatory, Collegio Romano (1879-1900)
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| Membership category | Foreign Member |
| Date of election | 26/11/1891 |
| Royal Society activity | Medals and prizes:
Rumford Medal 1888 |
| Sources | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DSB |
| Royal Society code | NA5426 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| Reference number | Title | Date |
| EC/1891/22 | Tacchini, Pietro: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| NLB/3/5 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Professor Pietro Tacchini | 11 February 1889 |
| NLB/17/632 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Monsieur Giuseppe Fanchietti, 55 Torrington Square, W.C. | 28 November 1898 |
| NLB/2/647 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Joseph Norman Lockyer, Fellow of the Royal Society | 3 October 1888 |
| MC/14/360 | Letter from Pietro Tacchini, R Osservatorio del Collegio Romano, Roma, to the President of the Royal Society | 26 November 1888 |
| MC/15/246 | Letter from Pietro Tacchini, R Observatorio del Collegio Romano, Roma, to the President of the Royal Society | 18 December 1891 |
| MC/14 | Volume 14 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1885-1888 |