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Mathematicians Of The Day
15th November
Today is the feast-day of St Albertus Magnus. He was canonised in 1931 and in 1941 was made patron of natural scientists by Pope Pius XII.
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Born:
- 1688: Louis Castel
- 1738: William Herschel Ⓟ
- 1793: Michel Chasles Ⓟ
- 1794: Franz Adolph Taurinus
- 1849: Mary Byrd Ⓟ
- 1894: Mikhail Yakovlevich Suslin Ⓟ
- 1900: László Rédei Ⓟ
- 1907: Edward Marczewski Ⓟ
- 1942: David Crighton Ⓟ
Died:
- 1280: Albertus Ⓟ
- 1630: Johannes Kepler Ⓟ
- 1761: Giovanni Poleni Ⓟ
- 1869: William Donkin Ⓟ
- 1929: Adolf Kiefer
- 1976: Gheorghe Calugăreănu Ⓟ
- 1996: Basil Rennie Ⓟ
Quotation of the day
From Johannes Kepler
Temporis filia veritas; cui me obstetricari non pudet.
[Truth is the daughter of time, and I feel no shame in being her midwife.]
