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  1. Émile Borel (1871 - 1956) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

    2 Jun 2024: For his scientific work he received the first gold medal of the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique in 1955. ... K O May, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York 1970-1990).

  2. George Boole (1815 - 1864) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

    25 Jan 2024: George Boole's parents were Mary Ann Joyce and John Boole. John made shoes but he was interested in science and in particular the application of mathematics to scientific instruments. ... T A A Broadbent, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography

  3. Maxime Bôcher (1867 - 1918) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

    7 Mar 2023: In style and temperament Bôcher was a consummate artist. C Eisele, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York 1970-1990). ... Math. Soc., Providence, RI, 1989), 59-78. G D Birkhoff, The scientific work of Maxime Bôcher, Bull.

  4. Francis Galton (1822 - 1911) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

    25 Jan 2024: His first sore trial was his deafness, which cut him off from scientific gatherings where at one time he was a familiar figure. ... N T Gridgeman, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York 1970-1990).

  5. Augustin Cournot (1801 - 1877) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

    11 Jan 2024: in 1847. Here is a quotation from that work to give an idea of its contents:-. ... G Granger, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York 1970-1990).

  6. James Whitbread Lee Glaisher (1848 - 1928) - Biography - MacTutor…

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

    25 Jan 2024: P S Jones and W E K Middleton, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York 1970-1990).

  7. Abram Samoilovitch Besicovitch (1891 - 1970) - Biography - MacTutor…

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

    25 Jan 2024: S J Taylor, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York 1970-1990).

  8. Democritus (460 BC - 370 BC) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

    30 Dec 2023: As stated in the Oxford Classical Dictionary :-. Little is known (although much is written) about the mathematics of Democritus. ... G B Kerferd, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York 1970-1990).

  9. Proclus (411 - 485) - Biography - MacTutor History of Mathematics

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

    7 Mar 2023: G R Morrow, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York 1970-1990).

  10. Edmund Landau (1877 - 1938) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

    4 Jan 2024: B Schoeneberg, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York 1970-1990).