Maria Gaetana Agnesi (May 19, 1718 – January 19, 1799) was an Italian mathematician and philosopher.
She is credited with writing the first book discussing both differential and integral calculus and was an honorary member of the faculty at the University of Bologna.
She devoted the last four decades of her life to studying theology (especially patristics) and to serving the poor.
Maria Teresa Agnesi Pinottini, clavicembalist and composer, was her sister.
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