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October 25, 1733

Giovanni Girolamo Saccheri, Italian priest, mathematician, and philosopher (born 1667)

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Giovanni Girolamo Saccheri

Italian Jesuit priest, philosopher and mathematician (1667–1733)

Giovanni Girolamo Saccheri was an Italian Jesuit priest, scholastic philosopher, and mathematician. He is considered the forerunner of non-Euclidean geometry.

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