On this day in 1965, building work on the Mathematical Institute in St Andrews began. Edward Copson cut the first sod with a spade which was subsequently presented to him.
The postage stamp of one of today's mathematicians at THIS LINK was issued in 1971.
Click on Ⓟ for a poster.
Born:
1584: Gregory of Saint-Vincent Ⓟ
1588: Marin Mersenne Ⓟ
1634: Hendrik van Heuraet
1799: James Lindsay Ⓟ
1861: P J Heawood Ⓟ
1876: Anderson McKendrick Ⓟ
1903: C T Rajagopal Ⓟ
1910: Nathan Jacobson Ⓟ
1927: Marguerite Straus Frank Ⓟ
Died:
1882: Joseph Liouville Ⓟ
1894: Hermann von Helmholtz Ⓟ
1938: Derrick Norman Lehmer Ⓟ
1963: Robert J T Bell Ⓟ
1969: Gordon Whyburn Ⓟ
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