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File:Laurentius Paulinus Gothius.jpg|link=Laurentius Paulinus Gothus (nonfiction)|1565: Theologian, astronomer, astrologer, and Archbishop of Uppsala [[Laurentius Paulinus Gothus (nonfiction)|Laurentius Paulinus Gothus]] born. | File:Laurentius Paulinus Gothius.jpg|link=Laurentius Paulinus Gothus (nonfiction)|1565: Theologian, astronomer, astrologer, and Archbishop of Uppsala [[Laurentius Paulinus Gothus (nonfiction)|Laurentius Paulinus Gothus]] born. | ||
||1695: John Bevis born ... physician and astronomer. | ||1695: John Bevis born ... physician and astronomer. No pic online. | ||
File:William Hogarth.jpg|link=William Hogarth (nonfiction)|1697: Satirist, painter, illustrator, and critic [[William Hogarth (nonfiction)|William Hogarth]] born. His work will range from realistic portraiture to comic strip-like series of pictures called "modern moral subjects". | File:William Hogarth.jpg|link=William Hogarth (nonfiction)|1697: Satirist, painter, illustrator, and critic [[William Hogarth (nonfiction)|William Hogarth]] born. His work will range from realistic portraiture to comic strip-like series of pictures called "modern moral subjects". | ||
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||1764: Andrés Manuel del Rio born ... scientist and discoverer of vanadium. Pic. | ||1764: Andrés Manuel del Rio born ... scientist and discoverer of vanadium. Pic. | ||
||1801: Samuel Gridley Howe born ... physician and activist ... Abolitionist. | ||1801: Samuel Gridley Howe born ... physician and activist ... Abolitionist. Pic. | ||
||1810: George Jennings born ... plumber and engineer, invented the flush toilet. | ||1810: George Jennings born ... plumber and engineer, invented the flush toilet. Pic: http://thevictorianist.blogspot.com/2011/02/spending-penny-or-first-public-flushing.html | ||
File:Elwin_Bruno_Christoffel.jpg|link=Elwin Bruno Christoffel (nonfiction)|1829: Mathematician and physicist [[Elwin Bruno Christoffel (nonfiction)|Elwin Bruno Christoffel]] born. He will introduce fundamental concepts of differential geometry, opening the way for the development of tensor calculus, which will later provide the mathematical basis for general relativity. | File:Elwin_Bruno_Christoffel.jpg|link=Elwin Bruno Christoffel (nonfiction)|1829: Mathematician and physicist [[Elwin Bruno Christoffel (nonfiction)|Elwin Bruno Christoffel]] born. He will introduce fundamental concepts of differential geometry, opening the way for the development of tensor calculus, which will later provide the mathematical basis for general relativity. | ||
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||1852: Gideon Mantell dies ... obstetrician, geologist and palaeontologist. His attempts to reconstruct the structure and life of Iguanodon began the scientific study of dinosaurs: in 1822 he was responsible for the discovery (and the eventual identification) of the first fossil teeth, and later much of the skeleton, of Iguanodon. Pic. | ||1852: Gideon Mantell dies ... obstetrician, geologist and palaeontologist. His attempts to reconstruct the structure and life of Iguanodon began the scientific study of dinosaurs: in 1822 he was responsible for the discovery (and the eventual identification) of the first fossil teeth, and later much of the skeleton, of Iguanodon. Pic. | ||
|| | ||1864: Simon Ritter von Stampfer dies ... Austrian mathematician, surveyor and inventor. His most famous invention is that of the stroboscopic disk which has a claim to be the first device to show moving images. Pic. | ||
||1888: Andrei Tupolev born ... engineer and designer, founded the Tupolev Company. | ||1887: Elisa Leonida Zamfirescu born ... engineer and academic. Pic. | ||
||1888: Andrei Tupolev born ... engineer and designer, founded the Tupolev Company. Pic. | |||
||1896: Ernst Paul Heinz Pruefer born ... mathematician born in Wilhelmshaven. His major contributions were on abelian groups, algebraic numbers, knot theory and Sturm–Liouville theory. Pic. | ||1896: Ernst Paul Heinz Pruefer born ... mathematician born in Wilhelmshaven. His major contributions were on abelian groups, algebraic numbers, knot theory and Sturm–Liouville theory. Pic. | ||
||1918: Ernst Otto Fischer born ... chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate. | ||1918: Ernst Otto Fischer born ... chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate. Pic search: https://www.google.com/search?q=ernst+otto+fischer | ||
||1919: Mikhail Kalashnikov born ... general and engineer, designed the AK-47. | ||1919: Mikhail Kalashnikov born ... general and engineer, designed the AK-47. | ||
Revision as of 07:54, 13 January 2019
1565: Theologian, astronomer, astrologer, and Archbishop of Uppsala Laurentius Paulinus Gothus born.
1697: Satirist, painter, illustrator, and critic William Hogarth born. His work will range from realistic portraiture to comic strip-like series of pictures called "modern moral subjects".
1829: Mathematician and physicist Elwin Bruno Christoffel born. He will introduce fundamental concepts of differential geometry, opening the way for the development of tensor calculus, which will later provide the mathematical basis for general relativity.
1962: Materials engineer, academic, and APTO field agent Philip G. Hodge discovers a new class of Gnomon algorithm functions which use piecewise linear isotropic plasticity to detect and neutralize geometry solvent.
1963: Computer scientist Klara Dan von Neumann dies. She was one of the world's first computer programmers and coders, solving mathematical problems using computer code.
2016: Green City Skyline voted Picture of the Day by the citizens of New Minneapolis, Canada.