DELMEDIGO, JOSEPH SOLOMON BEN ELIJAH (MEDIGO, JOSEPH SOLOMON BEN ELIJAH DEL)

(1591-1655)

Cretan rabbi, philosopher, mathematician and astronomer. He studied astronomy and mathe-matics under Galileo at the University of Padua, then travelled widely, visiting Egypt, Turkey, Poland, Germany, Holland and Bohemia. He wrote studies of religious, metaphysical and scientific topics.