Agnes Mary Clerke,
1911 Encyclopædia Britannica, Volume 8…
(1911)
“ DONATI, GIOVANNI BATTISTA (1826–1873) , Italian astronomer, was born at Pisa on the 16th of December 1826. He entered the observatory of Florence as a student in 1852, became assistant to G. B. Amici in 1854, and was appointed in 1864 to succeed him as director. A new observatory at Arcetri near Florence, built under his supervision, was completed in 1872. ”
