MacTutorMathematicians Of The Day
18th June
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Born:
- 1858: Andrew Forsyth Ⓟ
- 1872: George Moffat
- 1884: Frieda Nugel Ⓟ
- 1884: Charles Weatherburn Ⓟ
- 1909: Feodor Theilheimer Ⓟ
- 1910: Maurice Bartlett Ⓟ
- 1913: Oswald Teichmüller Ⓟ
- 1915: Alice T Schafer Ⓟ
- 1930: Newby Curle Ⓟ
Died:
- 1883: John Waterston Ⓟ
- 1978: Peter Stefan Ⓟ
- 1980: Kazimierz Kuratowski Ⓟ
- 2016: George Butcher Ⓟ
Quotation of the day
From Andrew Forsyth
I began to understand that pure mathematics was more than a collection of random tools mainly fashioned for use in the Cambridge treatment of natural philosophy.
