8th July

Mathematicians who were born or died on 8th July

Mathematicians born on this day:

1760 : Kramp
1777 : Hecht
1892 : Carleman
1904 : Henri Cartan

Mathematicians who died on this day:

1390 : Albert
1476 : Regiomontanus
1695 : Huygens
1971 : Reidemeister

Click here for a poster of Johann Regiomontanus and here for a poster of Christiaan Huygens and here for a poster of Kurt Reidemeister

A quotation for today

Johann Regiomontanus (1436 - 1476)

You, who wish to study great and wonderful things, who wonder about the movement of the stars, must read these theorems about triangles. Knowing these ideas will open the door to all of astronomy and to certain geometric problems.
De Tringulis Omnimodis

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