Giovanni Demisiani ( el, Ἰωάννης Δημησιάνος; died 1614), a Greek from Zakynthos, was a theologian, chemist, mathematician to

Cardinal Gonzaga Ercole Gonzaga (23 November 1505 – 2 March 1563) was an Italian Cardinal. Biography Born in Mantua, he was the son of the Marquis Francesco Gonzaga and Isabella d'Este, and nephew of Cardinal Sigismondo Gonzaga. He studied philosophy at Bolo ...

, and member of the

Accademia dei Lincei The Accademia dei Lincei (; literally the "Academy of the Lynx-Eyed", but anglicised as the Lincean Academy) is one of the oldest and most prestigious European scientific institutions, located at the Palazzo Corsini on the Via della Lungara in Rom ...

."The Eye of the Lynx" by David Freedberg, Page 115
/ref> Demisiani is noted for coining the name '' telescope'' (from the Greek τῆλε, ''tele'' "far" and σκοπεῖν, ''skopein'' "to look or see") for a version of the instrument presented by Galileo Galilei to the

at a banquet honoring Galileo’s induction into the Accademia in 1611.

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