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81. Adolphe Quetelet (1796 - 1874) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

    23 Nov 2023: The following quotation from a 1848 publication shows that Quetelet understood quite well what he was measuring:-. ... To calculate your Quetelet index clickH Freudenthal, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York 1970-1990).

82. John Greaves (1602 - 1652) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

    25 Sep 2023: His main scientific aim was the [5]:-. practical and sober project of standardising and synchronising the weights and measures of all ancient and modern nations. ... He was buried in St Benet Sherehog, London. Biography by F Maddison, in Dictionary of

83. Christopher Clavius (1538 - 1612) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

    23 Nov 2023: When Galileo published Sidereus Nuncius in 1610, Clavius was an old man and it must have been extremely difficult to grasp these new discoveries both from a scientific and religious point ... H L L Busard, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography

84. Arnold Sommerfeld (1868 - 1951) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

    4 Jan 2024: He had the rare ability to have time to spare for his pupils, in spite of his duties and scientific work. ... P Forman, A Hermann, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York 1970-1990).

85. Max Born (1882 - 1970) - Biography - MacTutor History of Mathematics

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

    23 Nov 2023: A Hermann, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York 1970-1990).

86. John Arbuthnot (1667 - 1735) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

    3 Jul 2023: H Freudenthal, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York 1970-1990). ... John Arbuthnot, Dictionary of National Biography II (London, 1887), 62-65. See THIS LINK.

87. John Leslie (1766 - 1832) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

    7 Mar 2023: This was the opportunity that Leslie needed to allow him to concentrate on his mathematical and scientific researches. ... R G Olson, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York 1970-1990).

88. R A Fisher (1890 - 1962) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

    25 Jan 2024: He was capable of tremendous charm, and warmth in friendship. But he also was the victim, as he himself recognised, of an uncontrollable temper; and his devotion to scientific truth as ... N T Gridgeman, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography

89. Luigi Menabrea (1809 - 1896) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

    2 Nov 2023: This scientific work by Menabrea took place at a time when he was still more heavily involved in politics and military work. ... B A Boley, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York 1970-1990).

90. Michel Chasles (1793 - 1880) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

    2 Nov 2023: E Koppelmann, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York 1970-1990).