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Mathematicians Of The Day
17th June
On this day in 1870, Benjamin Peirce sent a letter of introduction for his son to August De Morgan,
I presume upon the unseen brotherhood of science to introduce to you my son Charles S Peirce Esq. who is a devoted student of Logic and I think that he has original thoughts which you may regard as deserving your consideration. He carries with him a memoir which he has written upon one of the subjects of your own learned investigations ...
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Born:
- 1714: César-François Cassini de Thury Ⓟ
- 1898: Maurits Escher Ⓟ
- 1903: William Hodge Ⓟ
- 1906: Tom Cowling Ⓟ
- 1906: Samuel Wilks Ⓟ
- 1928: Iain Adamson Ⓟ
- 1939: Carlo Cercignani Ⓟ
Died:
- 1918: Johann Heinrich Graf Ⓟ
- 1956: David Picken Ⓟ
- 1994: Frank Yates Ⓟ
- 2012: Nathan Divinsky
Quotation of the day
From Maurits Escher
I came to the . . . open gate of mathematics. From here, well-trodden paths lead in every direction, and since then I have often spent time there. Sometimes I think . . . I have trodden all the paths . . . and then I suddenly discover a new path and experience fresh delights.
