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||1349 – Thomas Bradwardine, English archbishop, mathematician, and physicist (b. 1290) | ||1349 – Thomas Bradwardine, English archbishop, mathematician, and physicist (b. 1290) | ||
||Petrus Ramus (d. 26 August 1572) was an influential French humanist, logician, and educational reformer. A Protestant convert, he was killed during the St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre. | |||
||1723 – Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, Dutch microscopist and biologist (b. 1632) | ||1723 – Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, Dutch microscopist and biologist (b. 1632) | ||
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1743: Chemist and biologist Antoine Lavoisier born. He will have a large influence on both the history of chemistry and the history of biology.
1895: Signed first edition of Interview with Wallace War-Heels sells for ninety thousand dollars in charity auction to benefit victims of crimes against mathematical constants.
1995: Writer and peace activist John Brunner dies.
2010: Egg Tooth Neighborhood Association sponsors conference on the life and work of writer and crime-fighter John Brunner.