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  1. Augustus De Morgan (1806 - 1871) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

    1 Mar 2026: By asserting what they conceive to be facts they distort its history in this manner. ... A Rice, Augustus De Morgan: Historian of science, History of Science 34 (1996), 201-240.

  2. Science in the 17th century - MacTutor History of Mathematics

    https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/HistTopics/Science_17C/

    10 Jul 2023: This period in the history of Europe is known as the Scientific Revolution. ... L Jardine, Britain and the rise of science, BBC History (17 February 2011).

  3. Edinburgh Royal Society - MacTutor History of Mathematics

    https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Societies/RSE/

    7 Mar 2023: In a move to counter this proposal the Professor of History at the University of Edinburgh, John Walker, proposed that the University of Edinburgh, the Faculty of Advocates, the Philosophical Society

  4. MacTutor Index - MacTutor History of Mathematics

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

    8 Dec 2025: University. Their contributions to the history of mathematics have been recognised by Numerous Awards including the Hirst Prize of the London Mathematical Society in 2015.

  5. British Mathematical Colloquium - MacTutor History of Mathematics

    https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/BMC/

    22 Nov 2025: The British Mathematical Colloquium is the largest pure mathematical conference to be held annually in the UK. It has been held every year since 1949, usually around Easter, though some of the earlier meetings were in September. The venues of the

  6. Gibson: "History of Scottish Mathematics" - MacTutor…

    https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Extras/Gibson_history/

    1 Oct 2024: The first paper in the new Series was by George Gibson and it was the first part of his two-part paper Sketch of the History of Mathematics in Scotland to ... Gibson History 10 - Matthew Stewart, John Stewart, William Trail.

  7. Edinburgh Mathematical Society Lecturers 1883-2024 - MacTutor History …

    https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/EMS/ems_lecturers/

    18 Feb 2026: A J Pressland (Edinburgh Academy) On the history and degree of certain geometrical approximations, (Part 1 of 2). ... J S Mackay (The Academy, Edinburgh) History of a theorem in elementary geometry: the isosceles triangle.

  8. Balzan Prize in Mathematics - MacTutor History of Mathematics

    https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Honours/Balzan_Prize/

    7 Mar 2023: For his outstanding success in promoting interest and further research in the history of science. ... Paolo Rossi Monti (2009) for History of Science:. For his major contributions to the study of the intellectual foundations of science from the

  9. Heinz Klaus Strick's histories - MacTutor History of Mathematics

    https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Strick/

    28 Feb 2026: Every month for 20 years Heinz Klaus Strick produced a mathematical calendar page, illustrated with postage stamps from his extensive collection. These were published in the on-line magazine Spektrum. English translations of these were later

  10. A Brief History of Time and Calendars - MacTutor History of…

    https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Astronomy/bhistory/

    7 Mar 2023: This reflects the lack of information that historians of science have as they delve further back into history. ... D Leverington, Encyclopaedia of the History of Astronomy and Astrophysics (Cambridge, 2013).