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November 30, 1647
Bonaventura Cavalieri, Italian mathematician and astronomer (born 1598)
Bonaventura Cavalieri
Bonaventura Francesco Cavalieri was an Italian mathematician and a Jesuate. He is known for his work on the problems of optics and motion, work on indivisibles, the precursors of infinitesimal calculus, and the introduction of logarithms to Italy. Cavalieri's principle in geometry partially anticipated integral calculus.