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||1572: Girolamo Maggi dies ... polymath. No DOB. Pic search dubious: https://www.google.com/search?q=Girolamo+Maggi | ||1572: Girolamo Maggi dies ... polymath. No DOB. Pic search dubious: https://www.google.com/search?q=Girolamo+Maggi | ||
Theodor de Bry TO_DO|1598: Engraver, goldsmith, and publisher '''[[Theodor de Bry (nonfiction)|Theodor de Bry]]''' dies. de Bry gained fame for his depictions of early European expeditions. Although de Bry never visited the Americas, most of his books are based on first-hand observations by explorers. | |||
||1809: Georges-Eugène Haussmann born ... engineer, urban planner, and politician. Pic. | ||1809: Georges-Eugène Haussmann born ... engineer, urban planner, and politician. Pic. | ||
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||1836: Texas Revolution: On the orders of General Antonio López de Santa Anna, the Mexican army massacres 342 Texas POWs at Goliad, Texas. | ||1836: Texas Revolution: On the orders of General Antonio López de Santa Anna, the Mexican army massacres 342 Texas POWs at Goliad, Texas. | ||
File:Wilhelm Röntgen.jpg|link=Wilhelm Röntgen (nonfiction)|1845: Engineer and physicist [[Wilhelm Röntgen (nonfiction)|Wilhelm Röntgen]] born. He will win the first Nobel Prize in Physics, for the discovery of X-rays. | File:Wilhelm Röntgen.jpg|link=Wilhelm Röntgen (nonfiction)|1845: Engineer and physicist '''[[Wilhelm Röntgen (nonfiction)|Wilhelm Röntgen]]''' born. He will win the first Nobel Prize in Physics, for the discovery of X-rays. | ||
||1847: Otto Wallach born ... chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate. Pic. | ||1847: Otto Wallach born ... chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate. Pic. | ||
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||1910: Alexander Emanuel Agassiz dies ... ichthyologist, zoologist, and engineer. | ||1910: Alexander Emanuel Agassiz dies ... ichthyologist, zoologist, and engineer. | ||
File:James Dewar.jpg|link=James Dewar (nonfiction)|1923: Chemist and physicist [[James Dewar (nonfiction)|James Dewar]] dies. He invented the vacuum flask, which he used in conjunction with extensive research into the liquefaction of gases. | File:James Dewar.jpg|link=James Dewar (nonfiction)|1923: Chemist and physicist '''[[James Dewar (nonfiction)|James Dewar]]''' dies. He invented the vacuum flask, which he used in conjunction with extensive research into the liquefaction of gases. | ||
||1924: Margaret K. Butler born ... mathematician and computer programmer. Pic: https://www.anl.gov/article/in-memoriam-the-remarkable-career-of-margaret-butler | ||1924: Margaret K. Butler born ... mathematician and computer programmer. Pic: https://www.anl.gov/article/in-memoriam-the-remarkable-career-of-margaret-butler | ||
File:Carl Gottfried Neumann.jpg|link=Carl Gottfried Neumann (nonfiction)|1925: Mathematician [[Carl Gottfried Neumann (nonfiction)|Carl Gottfried Neumann]] dies. He will studied physics with his father, and later worked as a mathematician, dealing almost exclusively with problems arising from physics. | File:Carl Gottfried Neumann.jpg|link=Carl Gottfried Neumann (nonfiction)|1925: Mathematician '''[[Carl Gottfried Neumann (nonfiction)|Carl Gottfried Neumann]]''' dies. He will studied physics with his father, and later worked as a mathematician, dealing almost exclusively with problems arising from physics. | ||
||1924: Charlotte Cynthia Barnum dies ... mathematician and social activist, was the first woman to receive a Ph.D in mathematics from Yale University. No pic (tried), but visit library, try harder, she is interesting. | ||1924: Charlotte Cynthia Barnum dies ... mathematician and social activist, was the first woman to receive a Ph.D in mathematics from Yale University. No pic (tried), but visit library, try harder, she is interesting. | ||
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||1967: Jaroslav Heyrovský dies ... chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate. Pic (cool!). | ||1967: Jaroslav Heyrovský dies ... chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate. Pic (cool!). | ||
File:George E P Box.jpg|link=George E. P. Box (nonfiction)|1975: Statistician [[George E. P. Box (nonfiction)|George E. P. Box]] publishes new class of [[Gnomon algorithm functions]], based on time-series analysis and Bayesian inference, which detect and prevent [[crimes against mathematical constants]]. | File:George E P Box.jpg|link=George E. P. Box (nonfiction)|1975: Statistician '''[[George E. P. Box (nonfiction)|George E. P. Box]]''' publishes new class of [[Gnomon algorithm functions]], based on time-series analysis and Bayesian inference, which detect and prevent [[crimes against mathematical constants]]. | ||
||1968: Yuri Gagarin dies ... Russian colonel, pilot, and astronaut. | ||1968: Yuri Gagarin dies ... Russian colonel, pilot, and astronaut. | ||
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||2007: Paul Lauterbur dies ... chemist and biophysicist ... shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2003 with Peter Mansfield for his work which made the development of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) possible. Pic. | ||2007: Paul Lauterbur dies ... chemist and biophysicist ... shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2003 with Peter Mansfield for his work which made the development of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) possible. Pic. | ||
File:George Tooker.jpg|link=George Tooker (nonfiction)|2011: Artist [[George Tooker (nonfiction)|George Tooker]] | File:George Tooker.jpg|link=George Tooker (nonfiction)|2011: Artist '''[[George Tooker (nonfiction)|George Tooker]]''' dies. Tooker's paintings depicted his subjects naturally, as in a photograph, but the images used flat tones, an ambiguous perspective, and alarming juxtapositions to suggest an imagined or dreamed reality. | ||
||2013: Yvonne Brill dies ... propulsion engineer ... hydrazine resistojet. Pic. | ||2013: Yvonne Brill dies ... propulsion engineer ... hydrazine resistojet. Pic. | ||
||2017: Theoretical chemist and academic Robert Parr dies. Working with DuPont chemist Rudolph Pariser, Parr developed a method of computing approximate molecular orbitals for pi electron systems, published in 1953. Since an identical procedure was derived by John A. Pople the same year, it is generally referred to as the Pariser-Parr-Pople method or PPP method. The PPP method differed from existing structural chemistry thinking by advancing the concept of zero differential overlap approximation. Pic search yes: https://www.google.com/search?q=Robert+Parr | ||2017: Theoretical chemist and academic Robert Parr dies. Working with DuPont chemist Rudolph Pariser, Parr developed a method of computing approximate molecular orbitals for pi electron systems, published in 1953. Since an identical procedure was derived by John A. Pople the same year, it is generally referred to as the Pariser-Parr-Pople method or PPP method. The PPP method differed from existing structural chemistry thinking by advancing the concept of zero differential overlap approximation. Pic search yes: https://www.google.com/search?q=Robert+Parr | ||
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- Theodor de Bry TO DO
1598: Engraver, goldsmith, and publisher Theodor de Bry dies. de Bry gained fame for his depictions of early European expeditions. Although de Bry never visited the Americas, most of his books are based on first-hand observations by explorers.
1845: Engineer and physicist Wilhelm Röntgen born. He will win the first Nobel Prize in Physics, for the discovery of X-rays.
1923: Chemist and physicist James Dewar dies. He invented the vacuum flask, which he used in conjunction with extensive research into the liquefaction of gases.
1925: Mathematician Carl Gottfried Neumann dies. He will studied physics with his father, and later worked as a mathematician, dealing almost exclusively with problems arising from physics.
1975: Statistician George E. P. Box publishes new class of Gnomon algorithm functions, based on time-series analysis and Bayesian inference, which detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.
2011: Artist George Tooker dies. Tooker's paintings depicted his subjects naturally, as in a photograph, but the images used flat tones, an ambiguous perspective, and alarming juxtapositions to suggest an imagined or dreamed reality.