Francesco Maria Grimaldi, SJ (April 2, 1618 - December 18, 1663) was an Italian Jesuit natural philosopher, mathematician, and astronomer. Born and raised in Bologna, Grimaldi went on to teach at the Jesuit college there. With fellow Jesuit Giovanni Battista Riccioli, he undertook important research on gravity and astronomy, among other achievements producing an early and influential selenograph or map of the moon's surface. His experiments with the diffraction of light were also highly important for later scientists.



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