MacTutor
Mathematicians Of The Day
26th March
On this day in AD 127, Ptolemy made the first astronomical observation from Alexandria that we can date accurately. He made his last observation on 2 February AD 141.
Click on Ⓟ for a poster.
Born:
- 1773: Nathaniel Bowditch Ⓟ
- 1848: Konstantin Alekseevich Andreev Ⓟ
- 1859: Adolf Hurwitz Ⓟ
- 1862: Fritz (Friedrich) Bützberger
- 1862: Maurice d'Ocagne Ⓟ
- 1875: Max Abraham Ⓟ
- 1902: Marion Gray Ⓟ
- 1903: Patrick Du Val Ⓟ
- 1908: Theodore Samuel Motzkin Ⓟ
- 1913: Paul Erdős Ⓟ
- 1922: Guido Stampacchia Ⓟ
- 1926: Magdalena Mouján Ⓟ
- 1962: Rajeev Motwani Ⓟ
Died:
- 1609: John Dee Ⓟ
- 1797: James Hutton Ⓟ
- 1860: Antonio Bordoni Ⓟ
- 1914: John S Mackay Ⓟ
- 1933: József Kürschák Ⓟ
- 1966: Anna Johnson Wheeler Ⓟ
- 1978: Vernon Morton Ⓟ
- 2012: Uriel Rothblum Ⓟ
Quotation of the day
From Paul Erdős
Why are you a physicist? Why aren't you a mathematician?
