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2. Shizuo Kakutani (1911 - 2004) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

   1 Jun 2023: This did not prevent those without a science qualification entering a mathematics course but it gave preference to those the scientific training.

3. Kushyar ibn Labban (971 - 1029) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

   7 Mar 2023: Died. 1029. Baghdad (now in Iraq). Summary. Kushyar ibn Labban was a Persian astronomer who wrote an early work on Hindu numerals. Kushyar ibn Labban was from the village of Gilan, which was situated south of the Caspian sea in Persia. He is known

4. Edward Lorenz (1917 - 2008) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

   23 Nov 2023: It would be fair to say that Lorenz began a scientific revolution with this paper which he and many others developed over the following years. ... As to his hobbies, he [2]:-. was an active hiker and cross-country skier and made it a point to visit

5. Mikhail Vasilevich Ostrogradski (1801 - 1862) - Biography - MacTutor …

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

   23 Nov 2023: A P Youschkevitch, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York 1970-1990). ... B V Gnedenko, Mikhail Vasilevich Ostrogradskii. A sketch of his scientific and pedagogical activity (Current Life, Science and Technology: Series 'Mathematics

6. Frenicle de Bessy (1604 - 1674) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

   4 May 2023: H L L Busard, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York 1970-1990). ... C Goldstein, 'Frenicle' in L Foisneau (ed), Dictionary of Seventeenth-Century French Philosophers (London, 2008).

7. Giuseppe Vitali (1875 - 1932) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

   7 Mar 2023: Vitali was at the height of his scientific career, both in terms of the recognition he received - alas, so tardily! - ... F G Tricomi, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York 1970-1990).

8. Gemma Frisius (1508 - 1555) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

   23 Nov 2023: Louvain. Gemma Frisius died of 'stones' at the age of forty-seven. G Kish, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York 1970-1990).

9. William Molyneux (1656 - 1698) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

   27 Aug 2023: Molyneux began to correspond with John Flamsteed and explained to him how difficult it was to undertake scientific investigations in Ireland. ... J G O'Hara, William Molyneux (1656-1698), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, (Oxford University Press,

10. William Tutte (1917 - 2002) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

    14 May 2023: Born. 14 May 1917. Newmarket, Suffolk, England. Died. 2 May 2002. Waterloo, Canada. Summary. Bill Tutte was an English mathematician best known for his work on code-breaking in World War II. . View six larger pictures. William Tutte's father was

11. Jordanus Nemorarius (1225 - 1260) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

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