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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 45th most popular mathematician, the 367th most popular biography from Italy and the 7th 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 45 out of 1,004. Before her are Emmy Noether, Pope Sylvester II, Gottlob Frege, George Boole, Charles Sanders Peirce, and Niccolò Fontana Tartaglia. After her are Archytas, Sir George Stokes, 1st Baronet, Sofia Kovalevskaya, Eudoxus of Cnidus, Brahmagupta, and Sophie Germain.

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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, Thomas Chippendale, Alexander Roslin, Anna Leopoldovna, John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich, Victor-François, 2nd duc de Broglie, Jean Philippe Loys de Cheseaux, John Canton, Nikita Ivanovich Panin, and Jacob Christian Schäffer. Among people deceased in 1799, Maria Gaetana Agnesi ranks 4. Before her are George Washington, Qianlong Emperor, and Pope Pius VI. After her are Pierre Beaumarchais, Tipu Sultan, Joseph Black, Lazzaro Spallanzani, Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, Horace Bénédict de Saussure, Victoire of France, and Heshen.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Maria Gaetana Agnesi ranks 367 out of 5,161. Before her are Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies (1751), Claudio Abbado (1933), Niccolò Fontana Tartaglia (1499), Antonio Canova (1757), Pope Gregory IV (790), and Pope Victor III (1027). After her are Pope Sergius II (800), Amadeo I of Spain (1845), Pope Anastasius III (890), Pope Julius I (300), Gordian III (225), and Pope Celestine IV (1200).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Italy

Among mathematicians born in Italy, Maria Gaetana Agnesi ranks 7. Before her are Archimedes (-287), Fibonacci (1170), Luca Pacioli (1445), Joseph-Louis Lagrange (1736), Gerolamo Cardano (1501), and Niccolò Fontana Tartaglia (1499). After her are Archytas (-428), Philolaus (-470), Giuseppe Peano (1858), Bonaventura Cavalieri (1598), Lodovico Ferrari (1522), and Aloysius Lilius (1510).

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