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||1535: Georg Tannstetter dies ... mathematician, astronomer, and cartographer. No DOB. Pic.
||1535: Georg Tannstetter dies ... mathematician, astronomer, and cartographer. No DOB. Pic.
File:Theodor de Bry self portrait 1597.jpg|1590: Engraver, goldsmith, and crime-fighter '''[[Theodor de Bry (nonfiction)|Theodor de Bry]]''' joins the [[Glyph Warden]] Semiotic Strike Team, makes his first [[high-energy engraving]].  de Bry will later use this engraving to defeat the criminal mathematical function [[Forbidden Ratio]] in single combat.


||1656: Nicolaas Hartsoeker born ... mathematician and physicist. Pic: book cover.
||1656: Nicolaas Hartsoeker born ... mathematician and physicist. Pic: book cover.
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||1789: Meteorologist William Charles Redfield born ... known for his observation of the directionality of winds in hurricanes (being among the first to propose that hurricanes are large circular vortexes (John Farrar had made similar observations six years earlier) ... He was the first president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (1843). Pic.
||1789: Meteorologist William Charles Redfield born ... known for his observation of the directionality of winds in hurricanes (being among the first to propose that hurricanes are large circular vortexes (John Farrar had made similar observations six years earlier) ... He was the first president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (1843). Pic.
File:Wizard Jan Kochanowski.jpg|link=Jan_Kochanowski|1792: Poet and wizard [[Jan Kochanowski]] adapts [[Nebra sky disk (nonfiction)|Nebra sky disk]] for use as [[scrying engine]].


File:John Mudge.jpg|link=John Mudge (nonfiction)|1793: Physician and engineer [[John Mudge (nonfiction)|John Mudge]] dies. He was the first self-proclaimed civil engineer, and often regarded as the "father of civil engineering".
File:John Mudge.jpg|link=John Mudge (nonfiction)|1793: Physician and engineer [[John Mudge (nonfiction)|John Mudge]] dies. He was the first self-proclaimed civil engineer, and often regarded as the "father of civil engineering".
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||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]].


||1910: Auguste Charlois dies ... astronomer. Pic search.
||1910: Auguste Charlois dies ... astronomer. Pic search.

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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.

    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.

  • 1793: Physician and engineer John Mudge dies. He was the first self-proclaimed civil engineer, and often regarded as the "father of civil engineering".

    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).

    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).

  • 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.

    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.

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