Gregorio Fontana
Italian mathematician (1735-1803) · Academics · Died at 67
Gregorio Fontana, born Giovanni Battista Lorenzo Fontana was an Italian mathematician and a religious of the Piarist order. He was chair of mathematics at the university of Pavia, succeeding Roger Joseph Boscovich. He has been credited with the introduction of polar coordinates.
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Though an abbot, he was sympathetic to the ideals of the French Revolution.
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Lived 1735 to 1803 · aged 67
