MacTutorMathematicians Of The Day
9th January
On this day in 1734, Georges Buffon was elected to the Royal Academy of Sciences in Paris.
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Born:
- 1795: Charles Whish
- 1864: Vladimir A Steklov Ⓟ
- 1873: Hans Blichfeldt Ⓟ
- 1889: Percy Daniell Ⓟ
- 1915: Mollie Orshansky Ⓟ
- 1923: Vasilii Sergeevich Vladimirov Ⓟ
- 1930: Jacob T Schwartz Ⓟ
- 1938: Chidambaram Padmanabhan Ramanujam Ⓟ
- 1974: Talitha Washington Ⓟ
Died:
- 1586: Paul Wittich
- 1757: Bernard de Fontenelle Ⓟ
- 1799: Maria Agnesi Ⓟ
- 1848: Caroline Herschel Ⓟ
- 1939: Fabian Franklin Ⓟ
- 1942: Jerzy Rozycki Ⓟ
- 1962: Lajos Dávid Ⓟ
- 1973: Harry Vandiver Ⓟ
- 1975: Petr Sergeevich Novikov Ⓟ
- 1989: Marshall Stone Ⓟ
- 2005: Rimhak Ree Ⓟ
- 2012: Herbert Pahlings Ⓟ
Quotation of the day
From Bernard de Fontenelle
...as princes monopolize the earth, it is but fair that astronomers should have the sky for their share, and not suffer princes to intrude on their domain.
