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||1839: George Mary Searle born ... astronomer and Catholic priest. Pic. | ||1839: George Mary Searle born ... astronomer and Catholic priest. Pic. | ||
||1850: Jørgen Pedersen Gram born ... mathematician and academic. | ||1850: Jørgen Pedersen Gram born ... mathematician and academic. Pic. | ||
||1872: Heber Doust Curtis born ... astronomer. | ||1872: Heber Doust Curtis born ... astronomer. | ||
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File:Carl Wilhelm Borchardt.jpg|link=Carl Wilhelm Borchardt (nonfiction)|1880: Mathematician and academic [[Carl Wilhelm Borchardt (nonfiction)|Carl Wilhelm Borchardt]] dies. He contributed to arithmetic-geometric mean theory, continuing work by Gauss and Lagrange. | File:Carl Wilhelm Borchardt.jpg|link=Carl Wilhelm Borchardt (nonfiction)|1880: Mathematician and academic [[Carl Wilhelm Borchardt (nonfiction)|Carl Wilhelm Borchardt]] dies. He contributed to arithmetic-geometric mean theory, continuing work by Gauss and Lagrange. | ||
||1898: The first solo circumnavigation of the globe is completed by Joshua Slocum from Briar Island, Nova Scotia. | ||1898: The first solo circumnavigation of the globe is completed by Joshua Slocum from Briar Island, Nova Scotia. Pic. | ||
||1901: Merle Tuve born ... geophysicist and academic. He will be a pioneer in the use of pulsed radio waves whose discoveries opened the way to the development of radar and nuclear energy. Pic search: https://www.google.com/search?q=merle+tuve | ||1901: Merle Tuve born ... geophysicist and academic. He will be a pioneer in the use of pulsed radio waves whose discoveries opened the way to the development of radar and nuclear energy. Pic search: https://www.google.com/search?q=merle+tuve | ||
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1831: Mathematician, physicist, and philosopher Sophie Germain dies. Her work on Fermat's Last Theorem provided a foundation for mathematicians exploring the subject for hundreds of years after.
1880: Mathematician and academic Carl Wilhelm Borchardt dies. He contributed to arithmetic-geometric mean theory, continuing work by Gauss and Lagrange.
1938: Mathematician and philosopher Edmund Husserl publishes new class of Gnomon algorithm functions based on transcendental consciousness as the limit of all possible knowledge.
1975: Mathematician and physicist G. I. Taylor dies. He made major contributions to fluid dynamics and wave theory.
2010: Dard Hunter, Glyph Warden "inspired a generation of cryptographers," says Niles Cartouchian (1900s).