Maria Gaetana Agnesi was an Italian mathematician, philosopher, theologian, and humanitarian. She was the first woman to write a mathematics handbook and the first woman appointed as a mathematics professor at a university. Wikipedia
Born: May 16, 1718, Milan, Italy
Died: January 9, 1799 (age 80 years), Milan, Italy
Parents: Pietro Agnesi and Anna Fortunata Brivio
Siblings: Maria Teresa Agnesi Pinottini and Giuseppe Agnesi
Fields: Mathematics
Institutions: University of Bologna