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Pietro Mengoli

1626 - 1686

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Pietro Mengoli (1626, Bologna – June 7, 1686, Bologna) was an Italian mathematician and clergyman from Bologna, where he studied with Bonaventura Cavalieri at the University of Bologna, and succeeded him in 1647. He remained as professor there for the next 39 years of his life. Mengoli was pivotal figure in the development of calculus. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pietro Mengoli has received more than 36,533 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Pietro Mengoli is the 605th most popular mathematician (down from 528th in 2019), the 3,194th most popular biography from Italy (down from 2,836th in 2019) and the 50th most popular Italian Mathematician.

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Over the past year Pietro Mengoli has had the most page views in the with 5,270 views, followed by Italian (2,448), and French (1,420). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Piedmontese (85.56%), Serbian (43.85%), and English (41.59%)

Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Pietro Mengoli ranks 605 out of 1,004. Before him are Diederik Korteweg, Louis J. Mordell, Beppo Levi, Benjamin Peirce, Michael Freedman, and Harish-Chandra. After him are Julius Petersen, Luigi Bianchi, Ilia Vekua, Grete Hermann, Friedrich Waismann, and Richard Montague.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1626, Pietro Mengoli ranks 15. Before him are Giovanni Legrenzi, Louis Couperin, Bada Shanren, John Aubrey, Andrea Guarneri, and Jan van Kessel the Elder. After him are Countess Palatine Eleonora Catherine of Zweibrücken, Simon Ushakov, Ole Borch, and Louis Hennepin. Among people deceased in 1686, Pietro Mengoli ranks 12. Before him are Magnus Gabriel De la Gardie, François Blondel, Landgravine Charlotte of Hesse-Kassel, John George I, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach, John Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach, and Johanna Magdalena of Saxe-Altenburg. After him are Jacques d'Arthois, and Simon Ushakov.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Pietro Mengoli ranks 3,194 out of 5,161. Before him are Beppo Levi (1875), Nicolò da Ponte (1491), Andrea Costa (1851), Bertuccio Valier (1596), Guido Gonzaga (1290), and Abella (1400). After him are William of Apulia (1100), Alessandro Grandi (1586), Enrico Forlanini (1848), Luigi Bianchi (1856), Lanassa (-400), and Joe Profaci (1897).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Italy

Among mathematicians born in Italy, Pietro Mengoli ranks 50. Before him are Maria Angela Ardinghelli (1728), Gino Fano (1871), Giacomo F. Maraldi (1665), Giovanni Antonio Amedeo Plana (1781), Ulisse Dini (1845), and Beppo Levi (1875). After him are Luigi Bianchi (1856), Cesare Arzelà (1847), Alessandro Galilei (1691), Tommaso Ceva (1648), Giovanni Battista Zupi (1589), and Ennio de Giorgi (1928).

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