Paolo Ruffini, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Paolo Ruffini

Italian mathematician and physician

Date of Birth: 22-Sep-1765

Place of Birth: Valentano, Lazio, Italy

Date of Death: 10-May-1822

Profession: physician, mathematician

Nationality: Italy

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Paolo Ruffini (September 22, 1765 – May 10, 1822) was an Italian mathematician and philosopher. By 1788 he had earned university degrees in philosophy, medicine/surgery, and mathematics.
Among his work was an incomplete proof (Abel–Ruffini theorem) that quintic (and higher-order) equations cannot be solved by radicals (1799), and Ruffini's rule which is a quick method for polynomial division.
Ruffini also made contributions to group theory in addition to probability and quadrature of the circle. He practiced as both a professor of mathematics (University of Modena) and a medical doctor including scientific work on typhus.