| Giovanni Demisiani | |
| Birth Date: | unknown |
| Death Date: | 1614 |
| Nationality: | Greek |
| Field: | Mathematics, chemistry |
| Known For: | Lincean, naming the Telescope. |
Giovanni Demisiani (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Ἰωάννης Δημησιάνος; 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 τῆλε, tele "far" and σκοπεῖν, 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]