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Mathematicians Of The Day

24th June

Born:

• 1877: Thomas Havelock (poster)
• 1880: Oswald Veblen (poster)
• 1888: Georges Darmois (poster)
• 1900: Wilhelm Cauer (poster)
• 1909: Bill Penney (poster)
• 1915: Fred Hoyle (poster)
• 1917: Joan Clarke (poster)
• 1927: Slamet Dajono
• 1930: Satoshi Suzuki (poster)

Died:

• 1832: Timofei Fedorovic Osipovsky (poster)
• 1880: Jules Lissajous (poster)
• 1978: Mstislav Vsevolodovich Keldysh (poster)
• 2009: Elena Moldovan Popoviciu (poster)

Quotation of the day

From Fred Hoyle

There is a coherent plan in the universe, though I don't know what it's a plan for.