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Gino Loria
1862–1954
A leading Italian historian of mathematics, he wrote with equal ease about geometry, famous curves, and the long story of mathematical ideas. His work helped make the history of mathematics a serious field of study in Italy.
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Die hauptsächlichsten Theorien der Geometrie
by Gino Loria
About the author
Born in Mantua in 1862, Gino Loria studied mathematics in Mantua, Turin, and Pavia, earning his doctorate at the University of Turin under Enrico D'Ovidio. He went on to teach at the University of Genoa, where he became known for work in projective and algebraic geometry as well as for his wide-ranging historical scholarship.
Loria is especially remembered for bringing mathematical history to a broad readership without losing rigor. He wrote influential books on the history of mathematics and on special plane curves, and many of his works circulated well beyond Italy through translations and new editions.
His long career was also shaped by the politics of his time: sources note that he was forced to leave teaching after Italy's 1938 racial laws. Even so, his writing and research left a lasting mark, and he is still cited as one of the key figures in Italian mathematics and the historiography of the subject.