MacTutorMathematicians Of The Day
18th June
Born:
- 1858: Andrew Forsyth (poster)
- 1872: George Moffat
- 1884: Frieda Nugel (poster)
- 1884: Charles Weatherburn (poster)
- 1909: Feodor Theilheimer
- 1910: Maurice Bartlett (poster)
- 1913: Oswald Teichmüller (poster)
- 1915: Alice T Schafer (poster)
- 1930: Newby Curle
Died:
- 1883: John Waterston (poster)
- 1978: Peter Stefan (poster)
- 1980: Kazimierz Kuratowski (poster)
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.
