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Mathematicians Of The Day
10th February
On this day in 1720, Edmund Halley was appointed second Astronomer Royal of England. Halley succeeded John Flamsteed as Astronomer Royal, and he would hold the position until his death in 1742 at the age of 85.
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The postage stamp of one of today's mathematicians at THIS LINK was issued in 1981.
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The postage stamp of one of today's mathematicians at THIS LINK was issued in 1981.
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Born:
- 1747: Aida Yasuaki Ⓟ
- 1785: Claude-Louis Navier Ⓟ
- 1842: Agnes Mary Clerke Ⓟ
- 1886: Pia Nalli Ⓟ
- 1888: Selig Brodetsky Ⓟ
- 1888: David Kennedy Fraser
- 1894: Jacov Il'ich Frenkel Ⓟ
- 1901: Richard Brauer Ⓟ
- 1908: Ida Busbridge Ⓟ
- 1911: Mstislav Vsevolodovich Keldysh Ⓟ
- 1932: Vivienne Malone-Mayes Ⓟ
- 1944: Abram Naumovich Trakhtman Ⓟ
Died:
- 1856: Juan Manuel Cajigal Ⓟ
- 1891: Sofia Kovalevskaya Ⓟ
- 1927: George Greenhill Ⓟ
- 1951: George Miller Ⓟ
- 1994: Fritz John Ⓟ
Quotation of the day
From Sofia Kovalevskaya
Many people who have not studied mathematics confuse it with arithmetic and consider it a dry and fruitless science. In reality, however, it is a science which requires a great amount of imagination.
