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Mathematicians Of The Day
15th January
On this day in 1689, Cambridge University elected Isaac Newton as one of their two members to the Convention Parliament.
On this day in 2014 Google released a Kovalevskaya doodle
The postage stamp of one of today's mathematicians at THIS LINK was issued in 2025.
On this day in 2014 Google released a Kovalevskaya doodle
The postage stamp of one of today's mathematicians at THIS LINK was issued in 2025.
Click on Ⓟ for a poster.
Born:
- 1648: Henry Aldrich Ⓟ
- 1704: Johann Castillon
- 1717: Matthew Stewart Ⓟ
- 1814: Ludwig Schläfli Ⓟ
- 1850: Sofia Kovalevskaya Ⓟ
- 1876: Robert J T Bell Ⓟ
- 1883: James Mercer Ⓟ
- 1915: Warren Brothers
- 1918: David Kendall Ⓟ
- 1918: Sheila Power Tinney Ⓟ
- 1925: Shanti Swarup Gupta Ⓟ
Died:
- 1790: John Landen Ⓟ
- 1945: Wilhelm Wirtinger Ⓟ
- 1950: Ali Moustafa Mosharrafa Ⓟ
- 1958: Aurel Wintner Ⓟ
- 1968: Leopold Infeld Ⓟ
- 1973: Ivan Georgievich Petrovsky Ⓟ
- 1987: Jerzy Słupecki Ⓟ
- 2000: Carolyn Eisele Ⓟ
- 2009: Ki Hang Kim Ⓟ
- 2010: Félix Recillas Ⓟ
Quotation of the day
From Sofia Kovalevskaya
Say what you know, do what you must, come what may.
