Galileo Galilei
Famous Astronomer
Backround
Galileo made friends with wealthy families and offered to teach science to their children
Achivements
The sand glass was one of the only to measure time before Galileo's discovery.
He gained a reputation among Florentine mathematics and philosophy.
Galileo's rising reputation as a mathematician and natural philosopher gain him a teaching at the University of Pisa in 1589.