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Francesco Maurolico

1494 - 1575

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Francesco Maurolico (Latin: Franciscus Maurolycus; Italian: Francesco Maurolico; Greek: Φραγκίσκος Μαυρόλυκος; Sicilian: Francescu Maurolicu; 16 September 1494 – 22 July 1575) was an Italian mathematician and astronomer from the Kingdom of Sicily. He made contributions to the fields of geometry, optics, conics, mechanics, music, and astronomy. He edited the works of classical authors including Archimedes, Apollonius, Autolycus, Theodosius and Serenus. He also composed his own unique treatises on mathematics and mathematical science. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Francesco Maurolico is the 359th most popular mathematician (up from 452nd in 2019), the 2,018th most popular biography from Italy (up from 2,665th in 2019) and the 30th most popular Italian Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Francesco Maurolico ranks 359 out of 1,004. Before him are Abraham bar Hiyya, Liu Xin, Caspar Wessel, Al-Sijzi, Paul Neményi, and Nicholas Mercator. After him are John Edensor Littlewood, George Peacock, John Graunt, Paul Émile Appell, Otto Hesse, and Alfred J. Lotka.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1494, Francesco Maurolico ranks 17. Before him are Lucas van Leyden, Antoinette de Bourbon, Hans Sachs, William Tyndale, Oronce Finé, and Antonio de Mendoza. After him are Christina Gyllenstierna, Saitō Dōsan, Domingo de Soto, Hans Tausen, Pierre Attaingnant, and Ambrosius Holbein. Among people deceased in 1575, Francesco Maurolico ranks 8. Before him are Pieter Aertsen, Matthias Flacius, Jan Matsys, Antonis Mor, Heinrich Bullinger, and Joseph Karo. After him are Cornelis Floris de Vriendt, Christopher II, Margrave of Baden-Rodemachern, Marcin Bielski, Sabina of Brandenburg-Ansbach, Sophia Jagiellon, Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg, and Corneille de Lyon.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Francesco Maurolico ranks 2,018 out of 5,161. Before him are Alberto Tomba (1966), Gaius Nymphidius Sabinus (100), Luca Toni (1977), Antonio Cabrini (1957), Ira von Fürstenberg (1940), and Riccardo Chailly (1953). After him are Valerio Zurlini (1926), Peter Krešimir IV of Croatia (null), Titus Flavius Sabinus (8), Giambattista Bodoni (1740), Domenico Fetti (1589), and Senesino (1686).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Italy

Among mathematicians born in Italy, Francesco Maurolico ranks 30. Before him are Enrico Bombieri (1940), Pietro Cataldi (1552), Eugenio Beltrami (1835), Gregorio Ricci-Curbastro (1853), Giovanni Antonio Amedeo Plana (1781), and Giambattista Benedetti (1530). After him are Ostilio Ricci (1540), Ernesto Cesàro (1859), Daniele Barbaro (1513), Guido Fubini (1879), Ignazio Danti (1536), and Giovanni Antonio Magini (1555).

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