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( Niccolò Zucchi)
Niccolò Zucchi (December 6, 1586 - May 21, 1670) was an Italian Jesuit, astronomer, and physicist. As an astronomer he may have been the first to see the belts on the planet Jupiter on May 17, 1630)[1], and reported spots on Mars in 1640. He published his book "Optica philosophia experimentalis et ratione a fundamentis constituta" in 1652–56 in which he described his attempt in 1616 to construct a reflecting telescope, which may be the first time anyone ever tried to construct one. His book may have inspired James Gregory and Isaac Newton to build reflecting telescopes[citation needed]. In his book he also demonstrated that phosphors generate rather than store light. He also published two other works on mechanics and machines. Niccolò Zucchi was fourth of eight children born into the noble family of Pierre Zucchi and Francoise Giande Marie. Three of his sisters became nuns, three of his brothers became Jesuits, and one brother became a secular priest.
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