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Mathematicians Of The Day
7th June
On this day in 1886, Winifred Edgerton became the first woman to receive a degree from Columbia University and the first American woman to receive a PhD in mathematics.
The postage stamp of one of today's mathematicians at THIS LINK was issued in 1977.
The postage stamp of one of today's mathematicians at THIS LINK was issued in 1977.
Click on Ⓟ for a poster.
Born:
- 1711: François Jacquier Ⓟ
- 1863: Edward Van Vleck Ⓟ
- 1877: Charles Glover Barkla Ⓟ
- 1924: Donald Davies Ⓟ
- 1926: John Shepherdson Ⓟ
Died:
- 1624: Giuseppe Biancani Ⓟ
- 1843: Alexis Bouvard Ⓟ
- 1847: Adolph Göpel
- 1907: Edward Routh Ⓟ
- 1937: James Macdonald
- 1954: Alan Turing Ⓟ
- 2004: Joseph Doob Ⓟ
Quotation of the day
From Alan Turing
In the time of Galileo it was argued that the texts, 'And the sun stood still ... and hasted not to go down about a whole day' (Joshua x. 13) and 'He laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not move at any time' (Psalm cv. 5) were an adequate refutation of the Copernican theory.
