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1465 – 1526Scipione del Ferro (1465-1526)Died 5 November 1526, aged 61An Italian mathematician at the University of Bologna, del Ferro found the first known algebraic solution to a class of cubic equations, a breakthrough he kept largely secret during his lifetime. His method later became central to the public priority dispute between Niccolo Fontana Tartaglia and Gerolamo Cardano.