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November 22nd
| 1850 | Sylvester was called to the Bar. Rather than practicing law, he gave private instruction in mathematics, and counted among his pupils Florence Nightingale.
More information about: James Joseph Sylvester Florence Nightingale |
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| 1944 | Arthur Eddington died in Cambridge, England. The astronomer and physicist wrote Mathematical Theory of Relativity, a book highly praised by Einstein, in 1923.
More information about: Arthur Eddington Albert Einstein |
| 1996 | Garrett Birkhoff died in Water Mill, New York. He may be best known for the algebra text he wrote with Saunders MacLane. Survey of Modern Algebra was first published in 1941. For more information about: Garrett Birkhoff Saunders MacLane |
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