Mathematicians Of The Day
13th July
On this day in 1824, Charles Babbage was the first recipient of the Royal Astronomical Society's Gold Medal.
The postage stamp of one of today's mathematicians at THIS LINK was issued in 1984.
The postage stamp of one of today's mathematicians at THIS LINK was issued in 1984.
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Born:
- 1527: John Dee Ⓟ
- 1741: Carl Friedrich Hindenburg
- 1904: Alfred Foster Ⓟ
Died:
- 1321: Ibn al-Banna Ⓟ
- 1762: James Bradley Ⓟ
- 1807: Johann(III) Bernoulli Ⓟ
- 1934: Mary Byrd Ⓟ
- 1941: Ivan Ivanovich Privalov Ⓟ
- 2016: Ward Cheney Ⓟ
Quotation of the day
From John Dee
Perspective is an Art Mathematical which demonstrates the manner and properties of all radiations direct, broken and reflected.