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Mathematicians Of The Day
2nd September
On this day in 1752, the Gregorian calendar was introduced in Britain. The following day was declared to be 14th September and there were riots by people demanding "Give us back our eleven days!"
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Born:
- 1841: Hermann Laurent Ⓟ
- 1850: Alfred Pringsheim Ⓟ
- 1856: Wilhelm Meyer Ⓟ
- 1863: Edvard Phragmén Ⓟ
- 1878: Maurice Fréchet Ⓟ
- 1903: James Paton
- 1905: William Guthrie
- 1909: Deane Montgomery Ⓟ
- 1913: Israil Gelfand Ⓟ
- 1914: Walter Samuel McAfee Ⓟ
- 1918: Vincent McRae
- 1923: René Thom Ⓟ
Died:
- 1764: Nathaniel Bliss Ⓟ
- 1768: Antoine Deparcieux Ⓟ
- 1854: Pierre Laurent Ⓟ
- 1865: William Rowan Hamilton Ⓟ
- 1982: Frederick Bath Ⓟ
- 2002: Sheila Edmonds Ⓟ
Quotation of the day
From William Rowan Hamilton
Who in all the world, who enjoys merely some degree of communion with the Muses, ... is there who would not choose to be the mathematician rather than the tyrant?
