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Born August 31, 1885 • England
Died May 4, 1961 (aged 75)
Subjects Of Study invariant • quadratic equation
Arthur Cayley, detail of an oil painting by W.H. Longmaid, 1884; in the collection of Trinity College, Cambridge, England.
Arthur Cayley
British mathematician
James Joseph Sylvester
English mathematician
David Hilbert
David Hilbert
German mathematician
Sophus Lie, detail of an engraving c. 1885.
Sophus Lie
Norwegian mathematician
Bhāskara II
Indian mathematician
David Mumford
British mathematician
Understanding Newton's theory of universal gravitation
Isaac Newton
English physicist and mathematician
Bertrand Russell
Bertrand Russell
British logician and philosopher
Alfred North Whitehead
Alfred North Whitehead
British mathematician and philosopher
Roger Bacon
Roger Bacon
English philosopher and scientist
Edmond Halley
Edmond Halley
British scientist
Arthur Stanley Eddington.
Arthur Eddington
British scientist
John Herschel
Sir John Herschel, 1st Baronet
English astronomer
Karl Pearson
Karl Pearson
British mathematician
John Wallis, oil painting after a portrait by Sir Godfrey Kneller; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
John Wallis
English mathematician
John Dee
John Dee
English mathematician
Isaac Barrow, pencil drawing by David Loggan, 1676; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
Isaac Barrow
English mathematician
George Boole
George Boole
British mathematician
Henry Briggs
English mathematician
Thomas Harriot
English mathematician and astronomer

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