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51. Ramon Llull (1235 - 1316) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

    https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Llull/

    23 Nov 2023: Died. 1316. (probably) Tunis, Tunisia. Summary. Ramon Llull was a Majorcan philosopher whose logical methods influenced Leibniz. . View three larger pictures. Ramon Llull was brought up at the royal court of Majorca. There he learnt Arabic from the

52. Karl Pearson (1857 - 1936) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

    https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Pearson/

    25 Jan 2024: As he indicates in these quotations, his studies at Cambridge were unusually broad. ... He was also elected a fellow of theC Eisenhart, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York 1970-1990).

53. Thomas Digges (1546 - 1595) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

    https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Digges/

    6 Sep 2023: Thomas Digges's father was Leonard Digges who was himself a fine mathematician who wrote on various scientific topics including surveying. ... J B Easton, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York 1970-1990).

54. Nicolas Bourbaki (1935 - ) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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    7 Mar 2023: The founding members of the organisation were:. R P Boas, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York 1970-1990). ... Intelligencer 7 (2) (1985), 18-22. P R Halmos, 'Nicolas Bourbaki', Scientific American, 1957 (May, 1957), 88-99.

55. John Herschel (1792 - 1871) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

    https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Herschel/

    25 Jan 2024: Among the many important scientific advances made by Herschel in South Africa was his observations of Halley's comet on its 1835 return. ... D S Evans, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York 1970-1990).

56. Hermann Hankel (1839 - 1873) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

    https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Hankel/

    7 Mar 2023: M J Crowe, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York 1970-1990).

57. George Airy (1801 - 1892) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

    https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Airy/

    25 Jan 2024: Airy has been unfairly relegated to the scientific sidelines. His son summed up Airy's life as follows [4]:-. ... O J Eggen, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York 1970-1990).

58. Edmund Whittaker (1873 - 1956) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

    https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Whittaker/

    25 Jan 2024: D Martin, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York 1970-1990).

59. Augustin Fresnel (1788 - 1827) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

    https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Fresnel/

    12 May 2024: To this work [1]:-. he brought the same inventiveness, concentration, and perseverance previously manifest in his scientific work. ... R H Silliman, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York 1970-1990).

60. Erwin Schrödinger (1887 - 1961) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

    https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Schrodinger/

    25 Jan 2024: In [16] there is the following quotation from a student in Schrödinger's class at school:-. ... A Hermann, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York 1970-1990).