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Born March 10, 1748 • Scotland
Died July 20, 1819 (aged 71)
Subjects Of Study uniformitarianism

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Charles Lyell
Charles Lyell
Scottish geologist
James Hutton
James Hutton
Scottish geologist
James Gregory.
James Gregory
Scottish mathematician and astronomer
Colin Maclaurin, engraving by S. Freeman; in the British Museum.
Colin Maclaurin
Scottish mathematician
Blaise Pascal
Blaise Pascal
French philosopher and scientist
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Euclid
Greek mathematician
Fermat, portrait by Roland Lefèvre; in the Narbonne City Museums, France
Pierre de Fermat
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Bernhard Riemann, lithograph after a portrait, artist unknown, 1863.
Bernhard Riemann
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Paul Erdős
Paul Erdős
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Leonhard Euler
Leonhard Euler
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Eudoxus of Cnidus
Greek mathematician and astronomer
Apollonius of Perga
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Pappus of Alexandria
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Ibn al-Haytham
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Isaac Barrow, pencil drawing by David Loggan, 1676; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
Isaac Barrow
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Girard Desargues
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Giovanni Ceva
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