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Mathematicians Of The Day
22nd August
On this day in 1800, Georg Vega was given the hereditary title of baron, including the right to his own coat of arms.
The postage stamp of one of today's mathematicians at THIS LINK was issued in 1962.
The postage stamp of one of today's mathematicians at THIS LINK was issued in 1962.
Click on Ⓟ for a poster.
Born:
- 1647: Denis Papin Ⓟ
- 1860: John Pullar
- 1908: Donald Sadler Ⓟ
- 1923: Hidehiko Yamabe Ⓟ
- 1927: Heinrich-Wolfgang Leopoldt Ⓟ
- 1929: Vera Spinadel Ⓟ
- 1931: Alan Mercer Ⓟ
Died:
- 1664: Maria Cunitz Ⓟ
- 1676: Edward Cocker Ⓟ
- 1700: Siguenza y Gongora Ⓟ
- 1752: William Whiston Ⓟ
- 1794: Achille-Pierre Dionis du Séjour Ⓟ
- 1855: Matthew O'Brien Ⓟ
- 1907: Platon Sergeevich Poretsky Ⓟ
- 1925: Emanuel Czuber Ⓟ
- 1974: Jacob Bronowski Ⓟ
- 1975: Andrzej Mostowski Ⓟ
- 1975: Lancelot Hogben Ⓟ
- 2006: Rafael Artzy Ⓟ
- 2015: Guacolda Lazzerini Ⓟ
- 2018: Richard Kadison Ⓟ
- 2023: Calyampudi Radhakrishna Rao Ⓟ
Quotation of the day
From Jacob Bronowski
... I find both a special pleasure and constraint in describing the progress of mathematics, because it has been part of so much speculation: a ladder for mystical as well as rational thought in the intellectual ascent of man.
