MacTutorMathematicians Of The Day
25th January
Born:
- 1627: Robert Boyle (poster)
- 1736: Joseph-Louis Lagrange (poster)
- 1812: William Shanks
- 1843: Hermann Schwarz (poster)
- 1855: Christian Juel (poster)
- 1855: Gyula Vályi (poster)
- 1870: Helge von Koch (poster)
- 1890: Philip Stein (poster)
- 1905: Leo Zippin (poster)
- 1916: Frederick Atkinson
Died:
- 1894: Emil Weyr (poster)
- 1935: Alfred Loewy (poster)
- 1940: Ernesto Pascal (poster)
- 1942: Nikolaos Hatzidakis
- 1956: Louis Karpinski (poster)
- 1973: Wilhelm Ljunggren (poster)
- 1994: Stephen C Kleene (poster)
- 1995: Albert Tucker (poster)
- 2000: Herta Freitag (poster)
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.
