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Mathematicians Of The Day

9th January

Born:

• 1795: Charles Whish
• 1864: Vladimir A Steklov (poster)
• 1873: Hans Blichfeldt (poster)
• 1889: Percy Daniell (poster)
• 1915: Mollie Orshansky (poster)
• 1923: Vasilii Sergeevich Vladimirov (poster)
• 1930: Jacob T Schwartz (poster)
• 1938: Chidambaram Padmanabhan Ramanujam (poster)
• 1974: Talitha Washington (poster)

Died:

• 1586: Paul Wittich
• 1757: Bernard de Fontenelle (poster)
• 1799: Maria Agnesi (poster)
• 1848: Caroline Herschel (poster)
• 1939: Fabian Franklin (poster)
• 1962: Lajos Dávid (poster)
• 1973: Harry Vandiver (poster)
• 1975: Petr Sergeevich Novikov (poster)
• 1989: Marshall Stone (poster)
• 2005: Rimhak Ree (poster)
• 2012: Herbert Pahlings (poster)

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.