On this day in 1752, the Gregorian calendar was introduced in Britain. The following day was declared to be 14th September and there were riots by people demanding "Give us back our eleven days!"
A postage stamp of one of today's mathematicians is at THIS LINK.
Click on Ⓟ for a poster.
1841: Hermann Laurent Ⓟ
1850: Alfred Pringsheim Ⓟ
1856: Wilhelm Meyer Ⓟ
1863: Edvard Phragmén Ⓟ
1878: Maurice Fréchet Ⓟ
1903: James Paton
1905: William Guthrie
1909: Deane Montgomery Ⓟ
1913: Israil Gelfand Ⓟ
1914: Walter Samuel McAfee Ⓟ
1918: Vincent McRae
Died:
1764: Nathaniel Bliss Ⓟ
1768: Antoine Deparcieux Ⓟ
1854: Pierre Laurent Ⓟ
1865: William Rowan Hamilton Ⓟ
1982: Frederick Bath Ⓟ
2002: Sheila Edmonds Ⓟ
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