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2. Arthur Schönflies (1853 - 1928) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

   7 Mar 2023: This was not the position taken by the scientific community. If he didn't find the reception he wanted for his philosophical ideas he probably got over this fairly quickly. ... H Freudenthal, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York

3. Donald Coxeter (1907 - 2003) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

   25 Sep 2023: Born. 9 February 1907. Died. 31 March 2003. Toronto, Canada. Summary. Donald Coxeter's work was mainly in geometry. In particular he made contributions of major importance in the theory of polytopes, non-euclidean geometry, group theory and

4. Felix Bernstein (1878 - 1956) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

   1 Jun 2023: Since he moved around between universities, Bernstein's scientific output was, as one might expect, greatly reduced after 1934. ... H Nathan, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York 1970-1990).

5. Alice Lee (1858 - 1939) - Biography - MacTutor History of Mathematics

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

   7 Mar 2023: D MacKenzie, Statistics in Britain, 1865-1930: the social construction of scientific knowledge (Edinburgh University Press, 1981). ... C Renwick, Lee, Alice Elizabeth, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (12 July 2018).

6. Bronius Grigelionis (1935 - 2014) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

   7 Mar 2023: Bronius had a great opportunity to participate in various special mathematical courses and scientific seminars, where he gained knowledge about superharmonic functions and supermartingales. ... The best students on the course wanted to be taught by the

7. Karl Mollweide (1774 - 1825) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

   7 Mar 2023: He also took over the work on the mathematical dictionary, 'Mathematisches Wörterbuch'. ,

8. Lee Segel (1932 - 2005) - Biography - MacTutor History of Mathematics

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

   7 Mar 2023: His school record quotes his pet quotation:-. A word to the wise is superfluous. ... The second one was his scientific taste, his ability to pick out interesting biological problems with inner mathematical beauty.

9. Aryabhata (476 - 550) - Biography - MacTutor History of Mathematics

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

   30 Dec 2023: D Pingree, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York 1970-1990).

10. Eugène Cosserat (1866 - 1931) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

    7 Mar 2023: calm as he was in his way. J R Levy, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York 1970-1990).

11. Arnaud Denjoy (1884 - 1974) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

    7 Mar 2023: As soon as the new map of Europe was adopted, as early as 1920 scientific studies, among other things mathematics, took off. ... He died aged 90 after a fall in his home. G Choquet, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York 1970-1990).