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Mathematicians Of The Day
25th January
On this day in 1915, Gaston Julia was injured in the face by a bullet. He wore a leather cover over his nose for the rest of his life.
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The postage stamp of one of today's mathematicians at THIS LINK was issued in 1958.
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The postage stamp of one of today's mathematicians at THIS LINK was issued in 1958.
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Born:
- 1627: Robert Boyle Ⓟ
- 1736: Joseph-Louis Lagrange Ⓟ
- 1812: William Shanks Ⓟ
- 1843: Hermann Schwarz Ⓟ
- 1855: Christian Juel Ⓟ
- 1855: Gyula Vályi Ⓟ
- 1870: Helge von Koch Ⓟ
- 1890: Philip Stein Ⓟ
- 1905: Leo Zippin Ⓟ
- 1911: Emanuels Grinbergs Ⓟ
- 1916: Frederick Atkinson Ⓟ
Died:
- 1894: Emil Weyr Ⓟ
- 1935: Alfred Loewy Ⓟ
- 1940: Ernesto Pascal Ⓟ
- 1942: Nikolaos Hatzidakis Ⓟ
- 1956: Louis Karpinski Ⓟ
- 1973: Wilhelm Ljunggren Ⓟ
- 1977: Friedrich Karl Schmidt Ⓟ
- 1994: Stephen C Kleene Ⓟ
- 1995: Albert Tucker Ⓟ
- 2000: Herta Freitag Ⓟ
Quotation of the day
From Joseph-Louis Lagrange
One day after [Laplace] had invited Lagrange to dinner, Lagrange asked: "Will it be necessary to wear the costume of a senator?" in a mocking tone, of which everyone sensed the malice, except the amphityron [=host] senator.
