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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.
The postage stamp of one of today's mathematicians at THIS LINK was issued in 1986.
The postage stamp of one of today's mathematicians at THIS LINK was issued in 1986.
Click on Ⓟ for a poster.
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 Ⓟ
- 1959: Jean-François Le Gall Ⓟ
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
I also ask you, my friends, not to condemn me entirely to the mill of mathematical calculations, and to allow me time for philosophical speculations, my only pleasures.
