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Mathematicians Of The Day
30th May
On this day in 1832, Évariste Galois fought a duel with Perscheux d'Herbinville, the reason for the duel not being clear. He was wounded in the duel and was abandoned by d'Herbinville and his own seconds and found by a peasant. He died the following day and his funeral was held on 2 June. It was the focus for a Republican rally and riots followed which lasted for several days.
The postage stamp of one of today's mathematicians at THIS LINK was issued in 2010.
The postage stamp of one of today's mathematicians at THIS LINK was issued in 2010.
Click on Ⓟ for a poster.
Born:
- 1423: Georg Peurbach Ⓟ
- 1800: Karl Feuerbach Ⓟ
- 1814: Eugène Catalan Ⓟ
- 1874: Beatrice Mabel Cave-Browne-Cave Ⓟ
- 1875: Charlotte Pengra Ⓟ
- 1925: Olli Lehto Ⓟ
- 1927: Joan Sylvia Lyttle Birman Ⓟ
Died:
- 1926: Vladimir A Steklov Ⓟ
- 1933: Semyon Aranovich Gershgorin Ⓟ
- 1943: Anderson McKendrick Ⓟ
- 1964: Theodor Angheluță Ⓟ
- 1989: Gianfranco Cimmino Ⓟ
- 1992: Antoni Zygmund Ⓟ
- 2008: Gilbert Hunt Ⓟ
- 2016: Henri Cabannes Ⓟ
Quotation of the day
From Eugène Catalan
If you want the Republic founded by you to be strong and durable, send the National Assembly men imbued with the principle of the sovereignty of the people; men whose patriotism has been able to resist corruption and intimidation; men who are moreover not the Republicans of tomorrow, but Republicans of yesterday!
