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Maria Gaetana Agnesi

1718 - 1799

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Maria Gaetana Agnesi (16 May 1718 – 9 January 1799) was an Italian mathematician, philosopher, theologian, and humanitarian. She was the first woman to write a mathematics handbook and the second woman appointed as a mathematics professor at a university. She is credited with writing the first book discussing both differential and integral calculus and was a member of the faculty at the University of Bologna, although she never served. She devoted the last four decades of her life to studying theology (especially patristics) and to charitable work and serving the poor. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Maria Gaetana Agnesi is the 44th most popular mathematician (up from 45th in 2019), the 358th most popular biography from Italy (up from 367th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Italian Mathematician.

Maria Gaetana Agnesi was an Italian mathematician and philosopher. She is most famous for her 1748 publication Instituzioni analitiche ad uso della gioventù italiana (Analytical Institutions for the Use of Italian Youth), which is considered the first modern textbook on calculus.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Maria Gaetana Agnesi ranks 44 out of 1,004. Before her are Apollonius of Perga, Augustin-Louis Cauchy, John Napier, Sir George Stokes, 1st Baronet, Eudoxus of Cnidus, and Johann Bernoulli. After her are Al-Battani, Gottlob Frege, Niccolò Fontana Tartaglia, Urbain Le Verrier, Emmy Noether, and George Boole.

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Among people born in 1718, Maria Gaetana Agnesi ranks 1. After her are Mariana Victoria of Spain, Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria, Jean Philippe Loys de Cheseaux, Alexander Roslin, Thomas Chippendale, John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich, Anna Leopoldovna, George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney, Victor-François, 2nd duc de Broglie, Jacob Christian Schäffer, and Johan Ernst Gunnerus. Among people deceased in 1799, Maria Gaetana Agnesi ranks 4. Before her are George Washington, Pope Pius VI, and Qianlong Emperor. After her are Pierre Beaumarchais, Joseph Black, Lazzaro Spallanzani, Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, Horace Bénédict de Saussure, Tipu Sultan, Victoire of France, and Heshen.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Maria Gaetana Agnesi ranks 358 out of 5,161. Before her are Pope Benedict III (810), Benvenuto Cellini (1500), Pope Nicholas III (1215), Aldo Moro (1916), Pope Gregory VI (1000), and Pope Anastasius I (340). After her are Pope Hormisdas (450), Pope Victor III (1027), Pope Stephen I (200), Matteo Ricci (1552), Pietro Parolin (1955), and Pope Symmachus (460).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Italy

Among mathematicians born in Italy, Maria Gaetana Agnesi ranks 6. Before her are Archimedes (-287), Fibonacci (1170), Joseph-Louis Lagrange (1736), Gerolamo Cardano (1501), and Luca Pacioli (1445). After her are Niccolò Fontana Tartaglia (1499), Archytas (-428), Philolaus (-470), Giuseppe Peano (1858), Bonaventura Cavalieri (1598), and Lodovico Ferrari (1522).

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