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||1880: Forestry biologist and botanist Theodor Hartig dies. Hartig discovered and named sieve tube element cells, and described what is now known as the Hartig net, a network of fungal hyphae that penetrate feeder roots and surround epidermal cells. Pic. | ||1880: Forestry biologist and botanist Theodor Hartig dies. Hartig discovered and named sieve tube element cells, and described what is now known as the Hartig net, a network of fungal hyphae that penetrate feeder roots and surround epidermal cells. Pic. | ||
||1884: Georges Imbert born ... chemical engineer and inventor. Pic search | ||1884: Georges Imbert born ... chemical engineer and inventor. Pic search. | ||
||1908: Theodore Motzkin born ... mathematician. Pic search | ||1908: Theodore Motzkin born ... mathematician. Pic search. | ||
File:Carl Gottfried Neumann.jpg|link=Carl Gottfried Neumann (nonfiction)|1909: Mathematician [[Carl Gottfried Neumann (nonfiction)|Carl Gottfried Neumann]] uses the finite propagation of electrodynamic actions to detect and prevent [[crimes against mathematical constants]]. | File:Carl Gottfried Neumann.jpg|link=Carl Gottfried Neumann (nonfiction)|1909: Mathematician [[Carl Gottfried Neumann (nonfiction)|Carl Gottfried Neumann]] uses the finite propagation of electrodynamic actions to detect and prevent [[crimes against mathematical constants]]. | ||
||1910: Auguste Charlois dies ... astronomer. Pic search | ||1910: Auguste Charlois dies ... astronomer. Pic search. | ||
||1893: James Bryant Conant born ... chemist, academic, and diplomat, 1st United States Ambassador to West Germany. Pic. | ||1893: James Bryant Conant born ... chemist, academic, and diplomat, 1st United States Ambassador to West Germany. Pic. | ||
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||1903: Patrick du Val born ... mathematician, known for his work on algebraic geometry, differential geometry, and general relativity. The concept of Du Val singularity of an algebraic surface is named after him. Pic: http://www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/Biographies/Du_Val.html | ||1903: Patrick du Val born ... mathematician, known for his work on algebraic geometry, differential geometry, and general relativity. The concept of Du Val singularity of an algebraic surface is named after him. Pic: http://www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/Biographies/Du_Val.html | ||
||1911: Bernard Katz born ... biophysicist, Nobel Prize laureate. Pic search | ||1911: Bernard Katz born ... biophysicist, Nobel Prize laureate. Pic search. | ||
File:Paul Erdős.jpg|link=Paul Erdős (nonfiction)|1913: Mathematician and academic [[Paul Erdős (nonfiction)|Paul Erdős]] born. He will firmly believe mathematics to be a social activity, living an itinerant lifestyle with the sole purpose of writing mathematical papers with other mathematicians. | File:Paul Erdős.jpg|link=Paul Erdős (nonfiction)|1913: Mathematician and academic [[Paul Erdős (nonfiction)|Paul Erdős]] born. He will firmly believe mathematics to be a social activity, living an itinerant lifestyle with the sole purpose of writing mathematical papers with other mathematicians. | ||
||1914: Toru Kumon born ... mathematician, academic, educator. Pic search | ||1914: Toru Kumon born ... mathematician, academic, educator. Pic search. | ||
||1916: Christian B. Anfinsen born ... biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate. Pic. | ||1916: Christian B. Anfinsen born ... biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate. Pic. | ||
||1922: Oscar Sala born ... nuclear physicist and academic. He will be a leading figure in Brazilian scientific research. Pic search | ||1922: Oscar Sala born ... nuclear physicist and academic. He will be a leading figure in Brazilian scientific research. Pic search. | ||
||1922: Guido Stampacchia born ... mathematician and academic ... known for his work on the theory of variational inequalities, the calculus of variation and the theory of elliptic partial differential equations. Pic. | ||1922: Guido Stampacchia born ... mathematician and academic ... known for his work on the theory of variational inequalities, the calculus of variation and the theory of elliptic partial differential equations. Pic. | ||
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||1933: József Kürschák dies ... mathematician noted for his work on trigonometry and for his creation of the theory of valuations. He proved that every valued field can be embedded into a complete valued field which is algebraically closed. Pic. | ||1933: József Kürschák dies ... mathematician noted for his work on trigonometry and for his creation of the theory of valuations. He proved that every valued field can be embedded into a complete valued field which is algebraically closed. Pic. | ||
||1936: Michel André born ... mathematician, specializing in non-commutative algebra and its applications to topology. He is known for André–Quillen cohomology. Pic search | ||1936: Michel André born ... mathematician, specializing in non-commutative algebra and its applications to topology. He is known for André–Quillen cohomology. Pic search. | ||
||1938: Anthony James Leggett born ... physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (alive Aug. 2018). | ||1938: Anthony James Leggett born ... physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (alive Aug. 2018). | ||
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||2015: Friedrich L. Bauer dies ... mathematician, computer scientist, and academic. Pic. | ||2015: Friedrich L. Bauer dies ... mathematician, computer scientist, and academic. Pic. | ||
||2020: Rolf Huisgen dies ... chemist and academic. Pic. | |||
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1773: American captain and mathematician Nathaniel Bowditch born. He will be a founder of modern maritime navigation; his book The New American Practical Navigator, first published in 1802, will be carried on board every commissioned U.S. Naval vessel.
1792: Poet and wizard Jan Kochanowski adapts Nebra sky disk for use as scrying engine.
1793: Physician and engineer John Mudge dies. He was the first self-proclaimed civil engineer, and often regarded as the "father of civil engineering".
1851: Mathematician George Chrystal born. He will be awarded a Gold Medal from the Royal Society of London (confirmed shortly after his death) for his studies of seiches (wave patterns in large inland bodies of water).
1909: Mathematician Carl Gottfried Neumann uses the finite propagation of electrodynamic actions to detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.
1913: Mathematician and academic Paul Erdős born. He will firmly believe mathematics to be a social activity, living an itinerant lifestyle with the sole purpose of writing mathematical papers with other mathematicians.