Mathematicians Of The Day
11th July
On this day in 1731, Alexis Clairaut was elected to the French Academy at the age of 18.
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Born:
- 1732: Jérôme Lalande Ⓟ
- 1857: Joseph Larmor Ⓟ
- 1888: Yakov Davydovich Tamarkin Ⓟ
- 1890: Giacomo Albanese Ⓟ
- 1898: Ali Moustafa Mosharrafa Ⓟ
- 1904: Helmut Grunsky Ⓟ
- 1908: Alfred Hoblitzelle Clifford Ⓟ
- 1920: Roman Sikorski Ⓟ
- 1922: J W S Cassels Ⓟ
Died:
- 1382: Nicholas Oresme Ⓟ
- 1733: Jakob Hermann Ⓟ
- 1807: George Atwood
- 1909: Simon Newcomb Ⓟ
- 1950: Arthur Conway Ⓟ
- 1955: Gustave Dumas Ⓟ
- 1995: Andrzej Alexiewicz Ⓟ
Quotation of the day
From Simon Newcomb
If my impressions are correct, our educational planing mill cuts down all the knots of genius, and reduces the best of the men who go through it to much the same standard.