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Mathematicians Of The Day
20th December
On this day in 1577, Thomas Harriot matriculated at the University of Oxford. He graduated three years afterwards and later entered the service of Sir Walter Raleigh.
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Born:
- 1494: Oronce Fine Ⓟ
- 1648: Tommaso Ceva Ⓟ
- 1838: Edwin Abbott Abbott Ⓟ
- 1843: Paul Tannery Ⓟ
- 1855: Thomas Craig Ⓟ
- 1875: Francesco Cantelli Ⓟ
- 1954: José Escobar
Died:
- 1836: Martin Bartels Ⓟ
- 1916: George Thom Ⓟ
- 1931: Václav Jeřábek Ⓟ
- 1937: Henry Stager Ⓟ
- 1944: Peter Comrie Ⓟ
- 1962: Emil Artin Ⓟ
- 1984: Max Deuring Ⓟ
- 1988: Elizabeth Scott Ⓟ
- 2005: Raoul Bott Ⓟ
- 2021: Elizabeth Fennema Ⓟ
Quotation of the day
From Edwin Abbott Abbott
Yet I exist in the hope that these memoirs ... may find their way to the minds of humanity in Some Dimensions, and may stir up a race of rebels who shall refuse to be confined to limited Dimensionality.
