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Mathematicians Of The Day
9th May
On this day in 1831, during a dinner to celebrate his acquittal on a charge of attempting to overthrow the government, Évariste Galois raised his glass and with an open dagger in his hand appeared to make threats against the French king, Louis-Phillipe. The next day Galois was arrested and held in Sainte-Pélagie prison.
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Born:
- 1746: Gaspard Monge Ⓟ
- 1808: John Scott Russell Ⓟ
- 1876: Gilbert Bliss Ⓟ
- 1891: George Jeffery Ⓟ
- 1898: Arend Heyting Ⓟ
- 1936: Alexander Aleksandrovich Kirillov Ⓟ
- 1965: Karen Smith Ⓟ
Died:
- 1904: George Allman Ⓟ
- 1932: Thomas Hakon Grönwall Ⓟ
- 1950: Esteban Terradas Ⓟ
- 2004: Anatoli Georgievich Vitushkin Ⓟ
- 2021: Marion Walter Ⓟ
- 2022: John Coates Ⓟ
Quotation of the day
From Thomas Hakon Grönwall
His life shows that his unruly spirit found expression, joy, and satisfaction in scientific thinking and creation.
