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  1. Emil Artin (1898 - 1962) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

    23 Apr 2024: Perhaps his views on teaching and writing texts are best illustrated by a quotation from a review he wrote in 1953:-. ... candidates (eleven in Hamburg, two in Bloomington, eighteen in Princeton). B Schoeneberg, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific

  2. Karl Pearson (1857 - 1936) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

    25 Jan 2024: As he indicates in these quotations, his studies at Cambridge were unusually broad. ... He was also elected a fellow of theC Eisenhart, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York 1970-1990).

  3. François-Joseph Servois (1768 - 1847) - Biography - MacTutor History …

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

    7 Mar 2023: projective. R Taton, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York 1970-1990).

  4. Thomas Digges (1546 - 1595) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

    6 Sep 2023: Thomas Digges's father was Leonard Digges who was himself a fine mathematician who wrote on various scientific topics including surveying. ... J B Easton, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York 1970-1990).

  5. John Herschel (1792 - 1871) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

    25 Jan 2024: Among the many important scientific advances made by Herschel in South Africa was his observations of Halley's comet on its 1835 return. ... D S Evans, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York 1970-1990).

  6. Nicolas Bourbaki (1935 - ) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

    7 Mar 2023: The founding members of the organisation were:. R P Boas, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York 1970-1990). ... Intelligencer 7 (2) (1985), 18-22. P R Halmos, 'Nicolas Bourbaki', Scientific American, 1957 (May, 1957), 88-99.

  7. George Airy (1801 - 1892) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

    25 Jan 2024: Airy has been unfairly relegated to the scientific sidelines. His son summed up Airy's life as follows [4]:-. ... O J Eggen, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York 1970-1990).

  8. Edmund Whittaker (1873 - 1956) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

    25 Jan 2024: D Martin, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York 1970-1990).

  9. Erwin Schrödinger (1887 - 1961) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

    25 Jan 2024: In [16] there is the following quotation from a student in Schrödinger's class at school:-. ... A Hermann, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York 1970-1990).

  10. Leonhard Euler (1707 - 1783) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

    14 May 2024: He served on the committee of the Academy dealing with the library and of scientific publications. ... A P Youschkevitch, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York 1970-1990).