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  2. John Pratt (1809 - 1871) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

    7 Mar 2023: John's father, Josiah, was secretary of the Church Missionary Society and John left university with two strong drives inside him, one coming from his exceptional scientific ability, the other from ... J H Manheim, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific

  3. Edward Routh (1831 - 1907) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

    25 Jan 2024: I N Sneddon, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York 1970-1990).

  4. John Venn (1834 - 1923) - Biography - MacTutor History of Mathematics

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

    25 Jan 2024: T A A Broadbent, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York 1970-1990). ... J A Venn, John Venn, Dictionary of National Biography 1922-1930, 869-870.

  5. Adolf Kneser (1862 - 1930) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

    23 Mar 2024: One of his godparents was the physicist, and well-known scientific historian, Johann Christian Poggendorff. ... 1928). H Boerner, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York 1970-1990).

  6. Georg Landsberg (1865 - 1912) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

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

  7. Joseph Larmor (1857 - 1942) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

    25 Jan 2024: Indeed, none of the recent scholarly studies of Larmor's scientific work even mention the now famous formulae and theorem. ... A E Woodruff, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York 1970-1990).

  8. Andrew Wiles (1953 - ) - Biography - MacTutor History of Mathematics

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

    28 Jun 2024: In 2017 Wiles was awarded the Royal Society's Copley Medal, the world's oldest scientific prize. ... Why has this theorem been so difficult to prove?, Scientific American (21 October 1999).

  9. John Sacrobosco (1195 - 1256) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

    7 Mar 2023: J F Daly, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York 1970-1990). ... John of Holywood, Dictionary of National Biography XXVII (London, 1897), 217.

  10. George McVittie (1904 - 1988) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

    28 Jun 2024: He wrote [20]:-. During the years September 1939 to September 1945 I was seconded from King's College, London, to the Scientific Civil Service and worked at Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) ... S K Runcorn, George McVittie: his breadth of

  11. Thomas Bromwich (1875 - 1929) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

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