Evangelista Torricelli
1608 - 1647
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Country of citizenship: Grand Duchy of Tuscany
Educated at: Sapienza University of Rome, Roman College
Occupation: mathematician, physicist, inventor
Influenced by: Galileo Galilei
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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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