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  2. Ernst Abbe (1840 - 1905) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

    23 Nov 2023: S L Greitzer, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York 1970-1990). ... Ernst Karl Abbe, in Carl W Hall, A Biographical Dictionary of People in Engineering.

  3. Li Shanlan (1811 - 1882) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

    7 Mar 2023: From a scientific prospective the move to Shanghai was very significant for Li since there he met with Protestant missionaries from the London Missionary Society, and in particular he met Alexander ... The following quotation is from the Preface to the

  4. Andrea Tacquet (1612 - 1660) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

    7 Mar 2023: series. P Stromholm, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York 1970-1990).

  5. Pierre Méchain (1744 - 1804) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

    2 Nov 2023: He was too honest a scientist to pretend discrepancies were not there, so he treated Méchain's results as important scientific discoveries rather than as errors. ... O Gingerich, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York 1970-1990).

  6. Albert Girard (1595 - 1632) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

    18 Jan 2024: Certainly by 1616 the two were engaging in mathematical discussions and there is surviving correspondence from that time in which they are discussing scientific matters. ... J Itard, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York 1970-1990).

  7. Jacques Herbrand (1908 - 1931) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

    7 Mar 2023: For more information about Chevalley writings on Herbrand's thought see the articleJ van Heijenoort, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York 1970-1990).

  8. Albert Wangerin (1844 - 1933) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

    7 Mar 2023: W Burau, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York 1970-1990).

  9. Alexis Bouvard (1767 - 1843) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

    7 Mar 2023: A F O'F Alexander, Alexis Bouvard, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography 2 (New York 1970-1990), 359-360.

  10. William Brouncker (1620 - 1684) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

    25 Sep 2023: J M Dubbey, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York 1970-1990).

  11. Karl Feuerbach (1800 - 1834) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

    2 Nov 2023: also published in 1827, introduced homogeneous coordinates into analytic geometry. L Guggenbuhl, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York 1970-1990). ... L Guggenbuhl, Karl Wilhelm Feuerbach, Mathematician, The Scientific Monthly 81 (1955