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Mathematicians Of The Day
16th December
On this day in 1861 Weierstrass, who for twelve years had endured painful attacks of vertigo, suffered a complete collapse of his health due to overwork. Henceforth, he always lectured while seated, consigning the blackboard work to an advanced student. Nevertheless, he eventually became a recognised master teacher.
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Born:
- 1637: William Neile
- 1804: Viktor Yakovlevich Bunyakovsky Ⓟ
- 1849: Julius König Ⓟ
- 1887: Johann Radon Ⓟ
- 1932: Grace Alele-Williams Ⓟ
Died:
- 1474: Ali Qushji Ⓟ
- 1933: Ludwig Schlesinger Ⓟ
- 1934: Gustav de Vries Ⓟ
- 1946: William B Coutts Ⓟ
- 1959: Erhard Schmidt Ⓟ
Quotation of the day
From William Neile
I am sorry we should want any assistance to philosophy, since the Great Turk or the like kind of Hectors can have it may be 100,000 men to besiege a town or make a conquest perchance of less importance by much than to discover the use of the air or of the commonest thing in nature.