11th Grade

Maria Gaetana Agnesi

By Leyla Baghirova, Muhammad Rafiyev,
Nuray Gasimova, Aykhan Aliyev
Who is she ?
• Do you know her ?
• Any information ?
 Table of contents

01 Who is that person ? 03 Remarkable

Achievements

02 Birth information 04 Intriguing facts

Maria Agnesi
Born: 16th May 1718
Birth Place: Milan, in Northern Italy
Nationality: Italian
Died: 9th January 1799 ( aged 80)
Death place: Milan Cisalpine
Republic
Profession: Mathematician,
philosopher, humanitarian
 Achievements
Philantrophy
Assisting the poor,efforts
were highly regarded.

Writer
Textbook called "Analytical
Institutions" in 1748.

Professor
In Europe to hold a university
chair in mathematics at University
bologna in 1758
Intriguing facts
Do you know that?
Look at these :
●The eldest of 21 children, Pietro Agnesi’s role in fostering her.
● Fluent in seven languages, including Italian, French, Latin, Greek,
Hebrew, German, and Spanish.
● Religious faith: She ultimately became a member of the Order of Saint
Teresa of Jesus and spent the remainder of her life in religious
seclusion.
● Pope Benedict XIV heard about her mathematical abilities, he invited
her to a special event at the Vatican and referred to her as "the most
learned woman in the world."
 Maria Agnesi …

After her death, her name was engraved on a stone

plaque in the entrance hall of the University

"A woman of the highest intellect; Maria

Gaetana Agnesi, devoted to letters and to
mathematics."
Thank you !
Beautiful people