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Mathematicians Of The Day
19th August
On this day in 1791, Benjamin Banneker wrote to Thomas Jefferson, then Secretary of State, on 19 August 1791 sending him a manuscript of his Almanac.
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Born:
- 1584: Pierre Vernier
- 1646: John Flamsteed Ⓟ
- 1736: Erland Bring Ⓟ
- 1739: Georg Klügel Ⓟ
- 1919: Jaap Seidel Ⓟ
- 1924: Karl Aubert Ⓟ
- 1939: Alan Baker Ⓟ
Died:
- 1662: Blaise Pascal Ⓟ
- 1822: Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Delambre Ⓟ
- 1910: Eugène Rouché Ⓟ
- 1983: Octav Onicescu Ⓟ
- 1990: Leifur Ásgeirsson Ⓟ
- 1990: Ángel Gros Ⓟ
- 2000: David Champernowne Ⓟ
Quotation of the day
From Blaise Pascal
We are usually convinced more easily by reasons we have found ourselves than by those which have occurred to others.
