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Francesco Maria Grimaldi
1618Apr, 2

Francesco Maria Grimaldi

Francesco Maria Grimaldi, Italian mathematician and physicist (d. 1663)
Francesco Maria Grimaldi (2 April 1618 – 28 December 1663) was an Italian Jesuit priest, mathematician and physicist who taught at the Jesuit college in Bologna. He was born in Bologna to Paride Grimaldi and Anna Cattani.

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