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Orazio Grassi

lived from 1583 to 1654

Orazio Grassi was an Italian mathematician, Jesuit priest and architect who became involved in an argument with Galileo regarding the nature of comets. He taught mathematics at the Collegio Romano and lecture notes from his 1823 course are still extant.

Find out more at: https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Grassi/