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Mathematicians Of The Day
24th April
On this day in 1949 Colombia issued a 4 Colombian centavo commemorative stamp in honour of Julio Garavito.
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The postage stamp of one of today's mathematicians at THIS LINK was issued in 1964.
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The postage stamp of one of today's mathematicians at THIS LINK was issued in 1964.
Click on Ⓟ for a poster.
Born:
- 1562: Xu Guang-qi Ⓟ
- 1750: Simon Lhuilier
- 1828: Rudolf Skuherský Ⓟ
- 1863: Giovanni Vailati Ⓟ
- 1882: Emil Hilb Ⓟ
- 1899: Oscar Zariski Ⓟ
- 1902: Wolfgang Haack Ⓟ
- 1919: David Blackwell Ⓟ
- 1929: Douglas Munn Ⓟ
- 1947: Ovide Arino Ⓟ
Died:
- 1656: Thomas Fincke Ⓟ
- 1930: Henry Ernest Dudeney Ⓟ
- 1952: Hendrik Kramers Ⓟ
Quotation of the day
From David Blackwell
I've worked in so many areas -- I'm sort of a dilettante. Basically, I'm not interested in doing research and I never have been.
