Evangelista Torricelli
1608
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1647
photo credits: Wikimedia Commons
country of citizenship: Grand Duchy of Tuscany
educated at: Sapienza University of Rome
occupation: mathematician, physicist, inventor
influenced by: Galileo Galilei
Evangelista Torricelli ( TORR-ee-CHEL-ee; Italian: [evandʒeˈlista torriˈtʃɛlli] ; 15 October 1608 – 25 October 1647) was an Italian physicist and mathematician, and a student of Galileo. He is best known for his invention of the barometer, but is also known for his advances in optics and work on the method of indivisibles. The torr is named after him. Source: Wikipedia (en)
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