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October 25, 1647
Evangelista Torricelli, Italian physicist and mathematician (born 1608)
Evangelista Torricelli
Evangelista Torricelli was an Italian physicist and mathematician, and a student of Benedetto Castelli. 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.