Maria Gaetana Agnesi
Mathematician, Academic
1718 – 1799
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Who was Maria Gaetana Agnesi?
Maria Gaetana Agnesi was an Italian mathematician and philosopher.
She is credited with writing the first book discussing both differential and integral calculus and was an honorary member of the faculty at the University of Bologna.
She devoted the last four decades of her life to studying theology and to serving the poor.
Maria Teresa Agnesi Pinottini, clavicembalist and composer, was her sister.
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- Born
- May 16, 1718
Milan - Siblings
- Religion
- Catholicism
- Nationality
- Italy
- Profession
- Lived in
- Italy
- Milan
- Died
- Jan 9, 1799
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on July 23, 2013
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