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Mathematicians Of The Day
30th December
On this day in 1902, Leonard Dickson married Susan Davis. Later, he said of his honeymoon: "It was a great success, except that I only got two research papers written."
The postage stamp of one of today's mathematicians at THIS LINK was issued in 1981.
The postage stamp of one of today's mathematicians at THIS LINK was issued in 1981.
Click on Ⓟ for a poster.
Born:
- 1869: Emilie Martin Ⓟ
- 1888: Joseph Proudman Ⓟ
- 1897: StanisÅ‚aw Saks Ⓟ
- 1935: Rolando Chuaqui Ⓟ
- 1947: Georgia Benkart Ⓟ
Died:
- 1691: Robert Boyle Ⓟ
- 1932: Eliakim Moore Ⓟ
- 1947: Alfred North Whitehead Ⓟ
- 1956: Heinrich Scholz Ⓟ
- 1978: Mark Aronovich Naimark Ⓟ
- 1982: Philip Hall Ⓟ
Quotation of the day
From Alfred North Whitehead
Familiar things happen, and mankind does not bother about them. It requires a very unusual mind to undertake the analysis of the obvious.
