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Josef Stefan (1835 - 1893) - Biography - MacTutor History of…
https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Stefan_Josef/23 Nov 2023: He reacted by writing Slovenian poetry which he published. His poetry touched on scientific topics as well as sometime being fiercely patriotic while at other times it was romantic. ... He was buried in the Zentralfriedhof in Vienna. W Bohm, Biography in
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Dennis Sullivan (1941 - ) - Biography - MacTutor History of…
https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Sullivan/28 Jun 2024: His work generated a surge of activity by introducing quasiconformal methods to the field and establishing an inspiring dictionary between rational maps and Kleinian groups of continuing interest. ... Sullivan family, ancestry.com. J Thompson, Math in 3-D
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Ibn al-Banna (1256 - 1321) - Biography - MacTutor History of…
https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Al-Banna/26 May 2023: p. p. p objects in threes. J Vernet, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York 1970-1990).
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Karl Peterson (1828 - 1881) - Biography - MacTutor History of…
https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Peterson/7 Mar 2023: A T Grigorian, A P Youschkevitch, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York 1970-1990).
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Eudemus (350 BC - 290 BC) - Biography - MacTutor History of…
https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Eudemus/7 Mar 2023: Since the work seems to have been a collection of fables about animals the subject matter seems too far removed from the serious, scientific and scholarly works which he certainly wrote. ... I Bulmer-Thomas, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific
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Francesco Severi (1879 - 1961) - Biography - MacTutor History of…
https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Severi/23 Nov 2023: incomparable teacher. With assiduous care he trained my intellect [and taught me to appreciate] rigorous scientific investigations. ... Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York 1970-1990).
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John Bonnycastle (1751 - 1821) - Biography - MacTutor History of…
https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Bonnycastle/27 Aug 2023: Biography by T Whittaker rev. Adrian Rice, in Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford, 2004). ... A Chalmers, John Bonnycastle, in The General Biographical Dictionary (J Nichols and Son, London, 1812), 180.
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Thomas Stieltjes (1856 - 1894) - Biography - MacTutor History of…
https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Stieltjes/7 Mar 2023: In fact the dictionary of biography of famous people from the Netherlands which I [EFR] consulted before writing this biography contained a two page entry concerning Thomas Stieltjes, the father, while ... His grave has recently been restored. M Bernkopf,
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Claude Hardy (1598 - 1678) - Biography - MacTutor History of…
https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Hardy_Claude/7 Mar 2023: This was the beginning of a close friendship between Hardy and Descartes during which they exchanged views on all the scientific and philosophical issues of the day. ... H L L Busard, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York 1970-1990).
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James Stirling (1692 - 1770) - Biography - MacTutor History of…
https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Stirling/25 Sep 2023: P J Wallis, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York 1970-1990). ... Issled. 10 (1957), 117-158. James Stirling, Dictionary of National Biography LIV (London, 1898), 379-380.