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  1. MacTutor Index - MacTutor History of Mathematics

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

    30 Mar 2026: 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.

  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. St Andrews professors - MacTutor History of Mathematics

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

    29 May 2024: Mathematical teaching and research at the University of St Andrews began in 1668 with the appointment of James Gregory as the first holder of the Regius Chair of Mathematics. He was proposed for the chair by his friend Robert Moray, a graduate of St

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

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

    12 May 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.

  6. Haskell Curry (1900 - 1982) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

    19 Dec 2025: In 1966 he accepted the position of Professor of Logic, History of Logic, and Philosophy of Science at Amsterdam. ... J P Seldin, In memoriam: Haskell Brooks Curry, in Perspectives on the history of mathematical logic (Boston, Boston, MA, 1991), 169-175.

  7. 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

  8. Cajori history - MacTutor History of Mathematics

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

    7 Mar 2023: Again we gain two insights, one into the history of mathematics, the other into Cajori's views:-. ... still persisted were completely ignorant of its history and generally misunderstood the conditions of the problem.

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

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

    6 May 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).