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||1590: Ambroise Paré dies ... barber surgeon who served in that role for kings Henry II, Francis II, Charles IX and Henry III. He is considered one of the fathers of surgery and modern forensic pathology and a pioneer in surgical techniques and battlefield medicine, especially in the treatment of wounds. He was also an anatomist and invented several surgical instruments. He was also part of the Parisian Barber Surgeon guild. In his personal notes about the care he delivered to Captain Rat, in the Piémont campaign (1537–1538), Paré wrote: Je le pansai, Dieu le guérit ("I bandaged him and God healed him"). No DOB. Pic. | ||1590: Ambroise Paré dies ... barber surgeon who served in that role for kings Henry II, Francis II, Charles IX and Henry III. He is considered one of the fathers of surgery and modern forensic pathology and a pioneer in surgical techniques and battlefield medicine, especially in the treatment of wounds. He was also an anatomist and invented several surgical instruments. He was also part of the Parisian Barber Surgeon guild. In his personal notes about the care he delivered to Captain Rat, in the Piémont campaign (1537–1538), Paré wrote: Je le pansai, Dieu le guérit ("I bandaged him and God healed him"). No DOB. Pic. | ||
||1641: Urban Hjärne born ... chemist, geologist, and physician. | ||1641: Urban Hjärne born ... chemist, geologist, and physician. Pic. | ||
||1648: Mathematician and academic Tommaso Ceva born. His only published mathematical work, ''Opuscula Mathematica'', will deal with geometry, gravity and arithmetic. He was also a noted poet and dedicated a significant amount of his time at this task. Pic. | ||1648: Mathematician and academic Tommaso Ceva born. His only published mathematical work, ''Opuscula Mathematica'', will deal with geometry, gravity and arithmetic. He was also a noted poet and dedicated a significant amount of his time at this task. Pic. | ||
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||1658: Jean Jannon dies ... designer and typefounder. No DOB. Pic search: https://www.google.com/search?q=jean+jannon | ||1658: Jean Jannon dies ... designer and typefounder. No DOB. Pic search: https://www.google.com/search?q=jean+jannon | ||
||1740: Arthur Lee born ... physician | ||1740: Arthur Lee born ... physician, diplomat, spy. Pic: coat of arms. | ||
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||1805: Thomas Graham born ... chemist known for his pioneering work in dialysis and the diffusion of gases. He is regarded as one of the founders of colloid chemistry. Pic. | ||1805: Thomas Graham born ... chemist known for his pioneering work in dialysis and the diffusion of gases. He is regarded as one of the founders of colloid chemistry. Pic. | ||
||1836: Johann Christian Martin Bartels born ... mathematician. He was the tutor of Carl Friedrich Gauss in Brunswick and the educator of Lobachevsky at the University of Kazan. | ||1836: Johann Christian Martin Bartels born ... mathematician. He was the tutor of Carl Friedrich Gauss in Brunswick and the educator of Lobachevsky at the University of Kazan. Pic. | ||
||1838: Edwin Abbott Abbott born ... schoolmaster and theologian, best known as the author of the novella Flatland (1884). Pic. | ||1838: Edwin Abbott Abbott born ... schoolmaster and theologian, best known as the author of the novella Flatland (1884). Pic. | ||
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1494: Mathematician and cartographer Oronce Finé born. He will be imprisoned in 1524, probably for practicing judicial astrology.
1757: Joseph Marie Jacquard uses punched-card technology to compute and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.
1901: Physicist Robert J. Van de Graaff born. He will design design and construct high-voltage Van de Graaff generators.
1922: Hilbert curve prevents crime against mathematical constants.
1951: The EBR-1 in Arco, Idaho becomes the first nuclear power plant to generate electricity. The electricity powered four light bulbs.
1962: Mathematician Emil Artin dies. He worked on algebraic number theory, contributing to class field theory and a new construction of L-functions. He also contributed to the pure theories of rings, groups and fields.
2017: Signed first edition of Spiral Rings 2 sells for an undisclosed amount to "a prominent mathematician living in New Minneapolis, Canada" at charity auction to benefit victims of crimes against mathematical constants.