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  2. Pierre Vernier (1584 - 1638) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

    7 Mar 2023: Born. 19 August 1584. Ornans, Franche-Comté, Spanish Habsburgs (now France). Died. 14 September 1638. Ornans, Franche-Comté, Spanish Habsburgs (now France). Summary. Pierre Vernier was a French engineer best known for inventing the Vernier

  3. Balthasar van der Pol (1889 - 1959) - Biography - MacTutor History…

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

    7 Mar 2023: Morris Kline writes:-. The scientific work of Balthasar van der Pol covered pure mathematics, applied mathematics, radio, and electrical engineering. ... H B G Casimir, Balthasar van der Pol (1889-1959), Biographical Dictionary of Netherlands 2 (1985).

  4. Ernest Vessiot (1865 - 1952) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

    30 Oct 2023: He was elected to the Académie des Sciences in 1943. L Felix, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York 1970-1990).

  5. John Kersey (1616 - 1677) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

    27 Mar 2024: Kersey or Carsaye family, ancestry.co.uk. Kersey, John, Dictionary of National Biography. ... R Wallis, Kersey, John, the elder (bap. 1616, d. 1677), mathematician, Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2004).

  6. Argand (1768 - 1822) - Biography - MacTutor History of Mathematics

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

    2 Nov 2023: P S Jones, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York 1970-1990).

  7. Eratosthenes (276 BC - 194 BC) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

    30 Dec 2023: providing a basis for modern scientific methods. ... D R Dicks, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York 1970-1990).

  8. Julius König (1849 - 1913) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

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

  9. Richard Price (1723 - 1791) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

    25 Sep 2023: We know that Price's scientific interests were very broad. That he was also interested in electricity is demonstrated by the fact that Joseph Priestley thanks him in the introduction to ... Hist. Exact Sci. 41 (2) (1990), 139-156. S L Zabell, Buffon,

  10. John Machin (1680 - 1751) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

    27 Aug 2023: A M Clerke, John Machin, Dictionary of National Biography XII (London, 1893), 554.

  11. James MacCullagh (1809 - 1847) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

    25 Aug 2023: Landahussy (near Strabane), Ireland. Died. 24 October 1847. Dublin, Ireland. Summary. James MacCullagh was an Irish mathematician who published on crystalline refraction and reflection. . View one larger picture. James MacCullagh's father was James