(15. 10. 1608 Faenza, IT – 25. 10. 1647 Firenze, IT)
Italian physicist and mathematician, the inventor of the barometer
Student of mathematics under Castelli in Rome
Professor of mathematics, Università di Pisa
Court mathematician of the Grand Duke Ferdinando II de’ Medici
Credit, Wikipedia. Available online http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evangelista_Torricelli
The Mathematics Genealogy Project. Available online http://genealogy.math.ndsu.nodak.edu/id.php?id=154455