Evangelista Torricelli

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Evangelista Torricelli

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Birthplace: Rome, Metropolitan City of Rome, Lazio, Italy
Death: October 25, 1647 (39)
Firenze, Florence, Metropolitan City of Florence, Tuscany, Italy
Place of Burial: Firenze, Città Metropolitana di Firenze, Toscana, Italy
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Son of Gaspare Torricelli and Caterina Angetti
Father of Alessandro Torricelli

Occupation: physicist and mathematician
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About Evangelista Torricelli

Evangelista Torricelli (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.

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Evangelista Torricelli's Timeline

1608
October 15, 1608
Rome, Metropolitan City of Rome, Lazio, Italy
1647
October 25, 1647
Age 39
Firenze, Florence, Metropolitan City of Florence, Tuscany, Italy
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Basilica di S. Lorenzo - Firenze, Firenze, Città Metropolitana di Firenze, Toscana, Italy