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November 17th
| 1597 | Henry Gellibrand born in London, England. He completed and published his friend Henry Briggs' Trigonometria Britannica, trigonometric tables with instruction in their application, in 1633.
More information about: Henry Gellibrand Henry Briggs |
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| 1717 | While making his rounds, a gendarme found an infant on the steps of the Church of Saint Jean-le-Rond in Paris. The child was christened Jean-le-Rond. Later, he added the surname d'Alembert.
More information about: Jean le Rond d'Alembert |
| 1790 | August Ferdinand Moebius born in Saxony, Germany. He discovered his famous Moebius strip in September, 1858. Johann Benedict Listing had discovered the same surface two months earlier.
More information about: August Moebius Moebius Strip |
| 1879 | John Wesley Young born in Columbus, Ohio. His 1923 report, "The Reorganization of Mathematics in Secondary Education," profoundly influenced educational thought and practice.
More information about: John Wesley Young |
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