Tommaso Ceva, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Tommaso Ceva

Italian mathematician

Date of Birth: 20-Dec-1648

Place of Birth: Milan, Lombardy, Italy

Date of Death: 03-Feb-1737

Profession: writer, poet, mathematician

Nationality: Italy

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Tommaso Ceva (December 20, 1648 – February 3, 1737) was an Italian Jesuit mathematician from Milan.
He was the brother of Giovanni Ceva. He was a professor of mathematics at Jesuit College of Brera in Milan and his most famous student was Saccheri.
His only mathematical work, published in 1699 was the Opuscula Mathematica which dealt with geometry, gravity and arithmetic.
He was also a noted poet and dedicated a significant amount of his time to this task. He died in Milan in 1737.