TOMMASO CEVA
\təmˈɑːsə͡ʊ sˈɛvə], \təmˈɑːsəʊ sˈɛvə], \t_ə_m_ˈɑː_s_əʊ s_ˈɛ_v_ə]\
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An Italian poet and mathematician; born in Milan, Dec. 20, 1648; died there, Feb. 3, 1736. He was a Jesuit who attained peculiar proficiency in geometry, and who also aided in spreading a knowledge of Newton's discovery of the law of gravitation. His poetry comprises a rhymed history of Christ's youth, "The Boy Jesus" (1699); and a "New-Ancient Philosophy" (1729).
By Charles Dudley Warner
