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Federico Commandino

1509 - 1575

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Federico Commandino (1509 – 5 September 1575) was an Italian humanist and mathematician. Born in Urbino, he studied at Padua and then at Ferrara, where he received his doctorate in medicine under Antonio Musa Brassavola. He had numerous patrons throughout his life. Initially, aided by Grassi, the bishop of Viterbo, he then came under the patronage of Pope Clement VIII. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Federico Commandino has received more than 31,158 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Federico Commandino is the 476th most popular mathematician (up from 615th in 2019), the 2,716th most popular biography from Italy (up from 3,106th in 2019) and the 42nd most popular Italian Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Federico Commandino ranks 476 out of 1,004. Before him are Daniele Barbaro, Yaʿqūb ibn Ṭāriq, James Stirling, Alfred J. Lotka, Dennis Sullivan, and Al-Mahani. After him are Adam Ries, Johann Samuel König, Lazarus Fuchs, George David Birkhoff, Karl Mollweide, and Ion Ghica.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1509, Federico Commandino ranks 18. Before him are Leone Leoni, Ippolito II d'Este, Melchor Cano, Isabel Moctezuma, Pasquale Cicogna, and Giovanni Morone. After him are Cardinal-Infante Afonso of Portugal, and Domingo Martínez de Irala. Among people deceased in 1575, Federico Commandino ranks 11. Before him are Heinrich Bullinger, Claude of France, Antonis Mor, Cornelis Floris de Vriendt, Sophia Jagiellon, Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg, and Francesco Maurolico. After him are Annibale Padovano, Baba Nobuharu, Christopher II, Margrave of Baden-Rodemachern, Marcin Bielski, Corneille de Lyon, and Sabina of Brandenburg-Ansbach.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Federico Commandino ranks 2,716 out of 5,161. Before him are Aristotele Fioravanti (1415), Maria Carta (1934), Marcia Otacilia Severa (300), Titus Burckhardt (1908), Laura Biagiotti (1943), and Antonio Ascari (1888). After him are Alice (1954), Joseph the Hymnographer (816), Marco Cornaro (1285), Giovanni Girolamo Kapsperger (1580), Nello Pagani (1911), and Giovanni Fattori (1825).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Italy

Among mathematicians born in Italy, Federico Commandino ranks 42. Before him are Enrico Betti (1823), Guido Fubini (1879), Luigi Cremona (1830), Giovanni Antonio Magini (1555), Francesco Maurolico (1494), and Daniele Barbaro (1513). After him are Eugenio Calabi (1923), Maria Angela Ardinghelli (1728), Gino Fano (1871), Giacomo F. Maraldi (1665), Giovanni Antonio Amedeo Plana (1781), and Ulisse Dini (1845).

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