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Mathematicians Of The Day
27th October
On this day in 1987, James Mackay was appointed as Lord Chancellor of the United Kingdom. He held this position for ten years making his tenure one of the longest in British history.
The postage stamp of one of today's mathematicians at THIS LINK was issued in 1983.
The postage stamp of one of today's mathematicians at THIS LINK was issued in 1983.
Click on Ⓟ for a poster.
Born:
- 1678: Pierre Rémond de Montmort Ⓟ
- 1798: Heinrich Scherk Ⓟ
- 1856: Ernest Hobson Ⓟ
- 1890: Olive Clio Hazlett Ⓟ
- 1913: Marie-Hélène Schwartz Ⓟ
- 1915: Robert Rankin Ⓟ
- 1921: José Adem Ⓟ
- 1925: Hans-Jürgen Hoehnke Ⓟ
- 1927: Mikhail Mikhailovich Postnikov Ⓟ
Died:
- 1449: Ulugh Beg Ⓟ
- 1675: Gilles Roberval
- 1882: Christian Heinrich von Nagel Ⓟ
- 1930: Ellen Hayes Ⓟ
- 1974: Chidambaram Padmanabhan Ramanujam Ⓟ
- 1987: Iacopo Barsotti Ⓟ
- 1998: Daniel Pedoe Ⓟ
Quotation of the day
From Ulugh Beg
It is the duty of every true Muslim, man and woman, to strive after knowledge.
