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  1. 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).

  2. Colin Maclaurin (1698 - 1746) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

    22 Jun 2024: J F Scott, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York 1970-1990). ... Colin Maclaurin, Dictionary of National Biography XXXV (London, 1893), 196-198. See THIS LINK.

  3. Finlay Freundlich (1885 - 1964) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

    2 Jun 2024: He was very much "Herr Professor" with a deep awareness of the significance of the tremendous scientific developments in which he had taken some share over his long life. ... E G Forbes, S Ross, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York

  4. 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).

  5. Harold Davenport (1907 - 1969) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

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

  6. William Spottiswoode (1825 - 1883) - Biography - MacTutor History of …

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

    25 Jan 2024: It is remarkable that Spottiswoode was able to undertake the amount of work that he did, both scientific and administrative. ... H Rix, Spottiswoode, William, Dictionary of National Biography LIII (London, 1898), 417-418.

  7. Albertus (1200 - 1280) - Biography - MacTutor History of Mathematics

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

    23 Nov 2023: He now had a heavy administrative load but still found time to continue his scientific work. ... W A Wallace, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York 1970-1990).

  8. William Whewell (1794 - 1866) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

    25 Sep 2023: Robert E Butts, Biography of William Whewell in Dictionary of Scientific Biography 14 (New York 1970-1990), 292-295. ... M Ruse, The Scientific Methodology of William Whewell, Centaurus 20 (1976), 227-257.

  9. Michael Faraday (1791 - 1867) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

    25 Jan 2024: In fact these lectures would become Faraday's passport to a scientific career. ... his virtues were those of action, not of mere abstention. L P Williams, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York 1970-1990).

  10. Oliver Heaviside (1850 - 1925) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

    25 Jan 2024: C Susskind, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York 1970-1990). ... P J Nahin, Oliver Heaviside, Scientific American 262 (June 1990), 80-87.