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Mathematicians Of The Day
10th July
On this day in 1349, Thomas Bradwardine was consecrated Archbishop of Canterbury at Avignon, but died of the plague soon after he returned to London to take up his duties.
A (personally designed) stamp of one of today's mathematicians is at THIS LINK.
A (personally designed) stamp of one of today's mathematicians is at THIS LINK.
Click on Ⓟ for a poster.
Born:
- 1682: Roger Cotes Ⓟ
- 1824: Wawrzyniec Żmurko Ⓟ
- 1878: Oliver Kellogg Ⓟ
Died:
- 1916: Emory McClintock Ⓟ
- 1936: Salvatore Pincherle Ⓟ
- 2007: Paulette Libermann Ⓟ
Quotation of the day
From Roger Cotes
Those who assume hypotheses as first principles of their speculations ... may indeed form an ingenious romance, but a romance it will still be.
