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  1. Rabbi Ben Ezra (1092 - 1167) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

    7 Mar 2023: M Levey, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York 1970-1990). ... G B Sarfatti, Mathematical terminology in Hebrew scientific literature of the Middle Ages (Jerusalem 1968).

  2. Ludwig Boltzmann (1844 - 1906) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

    30 Dec 2023: Despite this, depressed by scientific arguments with Ostwald which are described below Boltzmann unsuccessfully attempted suicide during his time in Leipzig. ... S G Brush, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York 1970-1990).

  3. Étienne Louis Malus (1775 - 1812) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

    6 Aug 2023: M Pedersen, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York 1970-1990).

  4. John Dee (1527 - 1609) - Biography - MacTutor History of Mathematics

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

    4 Jan 2024: Perhaps we should say a few words at this stage to explain this quotation. ... J B Easton, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York 1970-1990).

  5. William Osgood (1864 - 1943) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

    18 Jan 2024: J L Walsh, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York 1970-1990). ... G D Birkhoff, Obituary: William Fogg Osgood, Scientific Monthly 57 (1943), 466-469.

  6. John Farey (1766 - 1826) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

    7 Mar 2023: The quotation we gave above shows that Farey explicitly states he has no proof. ... J M Eyles, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York 1970-1990).

  7. James Joseph Sylvester (1814 - 1897) - Biography - MacTutor History…

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

    30 Dec 2023: The answer is 63d. Can you prove this!]. J D North, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York 1970-1990). ... A Cayley, Scientific Worthies XXV : James Joseph Sylvester, Nature 39 (1889), 217-219.

  8. William Young (1863 - 1942) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

    25 Sep 2023: J C Burkill, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York 1970-1990). ... J C Burkill, William Henry Young, Dictionary of National Biography 1941-1950 (Oxford, 1959), 984-985.

  9. John Flamsteed (1646 - 1719) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

    23 Nov 2023: V E Thoren, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York 1970-1990).

  10. Henry Smith (1826 - 1883) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

    25 Sep 2023: He was appointed to two royal commissions, the royal commission into scientific instruction and the royal commission into the universities. ... This Smith did but died before the prize was awarded. After his death the Academy awarded two full prizes, one