Mathematicians Of The Day: 14th August

On this day in 1003, Al-Biruni observed and recorded an eclipse of the moon at Gurgan (now in Azerbaijan).

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Born:

1530: Giovanni Benedetti Ⓟ

1737: Charles Hutton Ⓟ

1850: Walter Rouse Ball Ⓟ

1865: Guido Castelnuovo Ⓟ

1866: Charles de la Vallée Poussin Ⓟ

1867: Charles Noble Ⓟ

1906: Eugene Lukacs Ⓟ

1914: Tadeusz Boleslaw Ślebarski Ⓟ

Died:

1886: Edmond Laguerre Ⓟ

1922: Sophie Willock Bryant Ⓟ

1930: Florian Cajori Ⓟ

1934: William McFadden Orr Ⓟ

1943: Flora Philip Ⓟ

1956: Hans Hamburger Ⓟ

1967: Jovan Karamata Ⓟ

1987: Shigeo Sasaki Ⓟ

2007: Alexandru Lupas Ⓟ