Giovanni Demisiani

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Giovanni Demisiani
Born	Zakynthos
Died	1614
Nationality	Greek
Fields	Mathematics, Chemistry
Known for	Lincean, naming the Telescope.

Giovanni Demisiani (died 1614), a Greek from Zakynthos, was a theologian, chemist, mathematician to Cardinal Gonzaga, and member of the Accademia dei Lincei^[1][2]. Demisiani is noted for coining the name telescope from the Greek words tele = 'far' and skopein = 'to look' or 'see' for a version of the instrument presented by Galileo Galilei to the Accademia dei Lincei at a banquet honoring Galileo’s induction into the Accademia in 1611.^[2]

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