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Mathematicians Of The Day
9th May
On this day in 1831, during a dinner to celebrate his acquittal on a charge of attempting to overthrow the government, Évariste Galois raised his glass and with an open dagger in his hand appeared to make threats against the French king, Louis-Phillipe. The next day Galois was arrested and held in Sainte-Pélagie prison.
The postage stamp of one of today's mathematicians at THIS LINK was issued in 1953.
The postage stamp of one of today's mathematicians at THIS LINK was issued in 1953.
Click on Ⓟ for a poster.
Born:
- 1746: Gaspard Monge Ⓟ
- 1808: John Scott Russell Ⓟ
- 1876: Gilbert Bliss Ⓟ
- 1891: George Jeffery Ⓟ
- 1898: Arend Heyting Ⓟ
- 1931: Geoffrey Howson Ⓟ
- 1936: Alexander Aleksandrovich Kirillov Ⓟ
- 1965: Karen Smith Ⓟ
Died:
- 1904: George Allman Ⓟ
- 1932: Thomas Hakon Grönwall Ⓟ
- 1950: Esteban Terradas Ⓟ
- 2004: Anatoli Georgievich Vitushkin Ⓟ
- 2021: Marion Walter Ⓟ
- 2022: John Coates Ⓟ
Quotation of the day
From Thomas Hakon Grönwall
His life shows that his unruly spirit found expression, joy, and satisfaction in scientific thinking and creation.
