Mathematicians Of The Day
22nd August
On this day in 1800, Georg Vega was given the hereditary title of baron, including the right to his own coat of arms.
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Born:
- 1647: Denis Papin Ⓟ
- 1860: John Pullar
- 1908: Donald Sadler Ⓟ
- 1923: Hidehiko Yamabe Ⓟ
- 1927: Heinrich-Wolfgang Leopoldt Ⓟ
- 1929: Vera Spinadel Ⓟ
- 1931: Alan Mercer Ⓟ
Died:
- 1664: Maria Cunitz Ⓟ
- 1676: Edward Cocker Ⓟ
- 1700: Siguenza y Gongora Ⓟ
- 1752: William Whiston Ⓟ
- 1794: Achille-Pierre Dionis du Séjour Ⓟ
- 1855: Matthew O'Brien Ⓟ
- 1907: Platon Sergeevich Poretsky Ⓟ
- 1925: Emanuel Czuber Ⓟ
- 1974: Jacob Bronowski Ⓟ
- 1975: Andrzej Mostowski Ⓟ
- 1975: Lancelot Hogben Ⓟ
- 2006: Rafael Artzy Ⓟ
- 2015: Guacolda Lazzerini Ⓟ
- 2018: Richard Kadison Ⓟ
- 2023: Calyampudi Radhakrishna Rao Ⓟ
Quotation of the day
From Jacob Bronowski
The essence of science: ask an impertinent question, and you are on the way to a pertinent answer.