MacTutorMathematicians Of The Day
8th October
Born:
- 1850: Scott Lang (poster)
- 1859: Alfonso Del Re
- 1908: Aldo Ghizzetti (poster)
- 1908: Hans Heilbronn (poster)
- 1932: Kenneth Appel (poster)
- 1933: Gary Roach
- 1947: Palle Jorgensen
- 1962: Nkechi Agwu
Died:
- 1652: John Greaves (poster)
- 1883: Enoch Beery Seitz (poster)
- 1942: Sergei Alekseevich Chaplygin (poster)
- 1954: Dimitrie Pompeiu (poster)
- 1973: Evan (Ianto) Davies (poster)
- 1985: Gordon Welchman (poster)
- 1994: Brian Hartley (poster)
- 2005: Alfred Goldie (poster)
- 2005: Harry Pitt
Quotation of the day
From John Greaves
O! my good friend, my good friend! Never was there sorrow like our sorrow!
Comment on the execution of Charles I in 1649
