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Francesco Faà di Bruno

1825 - 1888

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Francesco Faà di Bruno (7 March 1825 – 25 March 1888) was an Italian priest and advocate of the poor, a leading mathematician of his era and a noted religious musician. In 1988 he was beatified by Pope John Paul II. He is the eponym of Faà di Bruno's formula. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Francesco Faà di Bruno is the 620th most popular mathematician (up from 705th in 2019), the 3,137th most popular biography from Italy (up from 3,486th in 2019) and the 48th most popular Italian Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Francesco Faà di Bruno ranks 620 out of 1,004. Before him are David Ruelle, Michael Freedman, Kushyar Gilani, Martin Ohm, Eduard Čech, and Ilia Vekua. After him are Alexander Gelfond, Heinrich Martin Weber, René de Saussure, Alfred Pringsheim, Leonard Eugene Dickson, and Serge Lang.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1825, Francesco Faà di Bruno ranks 60. Before him are Jean-Baptiste Arban, Aníbal Pinto, August Beer, Felix Hoppe-Seyler, Domenico Agostini, and Giuseppe Prinzi. After him are August von Pelzeln, Mårten Eskil Winge, Emil Welti, Karl Doppler, Domingo Santa María, and Rafael Núñez. Among people deceased in 1888, Francesco Faà di Bruno ranks 67. Before him are Jozef Miloslav Hurban, Jules Émile Planchon, Charles Duclerc, Princess Marie Frederica of Hesse-Kassel, Anna Kingsford, and Hippolyte Carnot. After him are François Perrier, Barghash bin Said of Zanzibar, Carl Gustav Axel Harnack, Jules d'Anethan, Alessandro Antonelli, and Amos Bronson Alcott.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Francesco Faà di Bruno ranks 3,138 out of 5,161. Before him are Francesco Sabatini (1721), Giulio Cesare Polerio (1548), Marcus Aurelius Cotta (-150), Ranieri de' Calzabigi (1714), Vannoccio Biringuccio (1480), and Giacomo Ceruti (1698). After him are Tommaso Tittoni (1855), Antonio Di Pietro (1950), Sergio Rossi (1935), Giulio Alenio (1582), Castruccio Castracani (1281), and Luigi Capuana (1839).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Italy

Among mathematicians born in Italy, Francesco Faà di Bruno ranks 48. Before him are Pietro Mengoli (1626), Giovanni Battista Zupi (1589), Gino Fano (1871), Ulisse Dini (1845), Plato Tiburtinus (1110), and Giacomo F. Maraldi (1665). After him are Luigi Bianchi (1856), Beppo Levi (1875), Federico Commandino (1509), Tommaso Ceva (1648), Alessandro Galilei (1691), and Cesare Arzelà (1847).

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