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Mathematicians Of The Day
16th December
On this day in 1861 Weierstrass, who for twelve years had endured painful attacks of vertigo, suffered a complete collapse of his health due to overwork. Henceforth, he always lectured while seated, consigning the blackboard work to an advanced student. Nevertheless, he eventually became a recognised master teacher.
The postage stamp of one of today's mathematicians at THIS LINK was issued in 2009.
The postage stamp of one of today's mathematicians at THIS LINK was issued in 2009.
Click on Ⓟ for a poster.
Born:
- 1637: William Neile
- 1804: Viktor Yakovlevich Bunyakovsky Ⓟ
- 1849: Julius König Ⓟ
- 1887: Johann Radon Ⓟ
- 1932: Grace Alele-Williams Ⓟ
Died:
- 1474: Ali Qushji Ⓟ
- 1933: Ludwig Schlesinger Ⓟ
- 1934: Gustav de Vries Ⓟ
- 1946: William B Coutts Ⓟ
- 1959: Erhard Schmidt Ⓟ
Quotation of the day
From William Neile
I am sorry we should want any assistance to philosophy, since the Great Turk or the like kind of Hectors can have it may be 100,000 men to besiege a town or make a conquest perchance of less importance by much than to discover the use of the air or of the commonest thing in nature.