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1811, Oct 25 1829-1832 1832, May 31
a French mathematician born in Bourg-la-Reine. While still in his teens, he was able to determine a necessary and sufficient condition for a polynomial to be solvable by radicals, thereby solving a problem standing for 350 years. His work laid the foundations for Galois theory and group theory, two major branches of abstract algebra, and the subfield of Galois connections. He died at age 20 from wounds suffered in a duel.
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Evariste Galois 1811, Oct 25 1829
1832 1832, May 31
Joseph Fourier 1768, Mar 21 1795 1830 1830, May 16 a French mathematician and physicist born in Auxerre and best known for initiating the investigat... John MacCulloch 1773, Oct 6 1793 1834 1835, Aug 21 a Scottish geologist. He was the first geologist to be employed by the government in Britain and ... Joseph Nicollet 1786, Jul 24 1830 1843 1843, Sep 11 a French geographer, astronomer, and mathematician known for mapping the Upper Mississippi River ... John Dalton 1766, Sep 6 1781 1844 1844, July 27 an English chemist, physicist, and meteorologist. He is best known for proposing the modern atomi... John Frederic Daniell 1790, Mar 12 1831 1845 1845, Mar 13 an English chemist and physicist. His name is best known for his invention of the Daniell cell, a... Lorenz Oken 1779, Aug 1 1802 1851 1851, Aug 11 a German naturalist, botanist, biologist, and ornithologist. Oken was born Lorenz Okenfuss (Germa... John James Audubon 1785, Apr 26 1803 1851 1851, Jan 27 an American ornithologist, naturalist, and painter. He was notable for his extensive studies docu... Thomas Bailey 1785, Jul 31 1820 1856 1856, Oct 23 an English topographer and miscellaneous writer. In 1845-6 he became proprietor and editor of the... August Ferdinand Mobius 1790, Nov 17 1816 1858 1868, Sep 26 a German mathematician and theoretical astronomer. He is best known for his discovery of the Möb... Charles Hamilton Smith 1776, Dec 26 1787 1859 1859, Sep 21 an English artist, naturalist, antiquary, illustrator, soldier, and spy. His military career bega... Michael Faraday 1791, Sep 22 1813 1866 1867, Aug 25 an English scientist who contributed to the study of electromagnetism and electrochemistry. His m... John Herschel 1792, Mar 7 1816 1867 1871, May 11 an English polymath, mathematician, astronomer, chemist, inventor, experimental photographer, and... Sir Edward Sabine 1788, Oct 14 1818 1871 1883, Jun 26 an Irish astronomer, geophysicist, ornithologist, explorer, soldier and the 30th President of the... Mary Fairfax Somerville 1780, Dec 26 1811 1872 1872, Nov 29 a Scottish science writer and polymath, at a time when women's participation in science was disco... Charles Darwin 1809, Feb 12 1827 1872 1882, Apr 19 an English naturalist and geologist, best known for his contributions to the science of evolution... Joseph Plateau 1801, Oct 14 1827 1872 1883, Sep 15 a Belgian physicist. He was one of the first persons to demonstrate the illusion of a moving imag... Anyos Jedlik 1800, Jan 11 1817 1873 1895, Dec 13 a Hungarian inventor, engineer, physicist, and Benedictine priest. He was also a member of the Hu... Thomas Carlyle 1795, Dec 4 1821 1878 1881, Feb 5 a Scottish philosopher, satirical writer, essayist, historian and teacher. Considered one of the ... Zachariah Allen 1795, Sep 15 1815 1879 1882, Mar 17 an American textile manufacturer, scientist, lawyer, writer, inventor and civil leader from Provi... Stephen Reed 1801, Sep 26 1824 1879 1877, Jul 12 an American physician, newspaper publisher, and geologist. He graduated from Yale College in 1824... John Deere 1804, Feb 7 1821 1886 1886, May 17 an American blacksmith and manufacturer who founded Deere & Company, one of the largest and leadi... Napoleon Aubin 1812, Nov 9 1829 1890 1890, Jun 12 a Canadian journalist, publisher, playwright, and scientist. Born in Geneva, Aubin sailed to the ... William Bartram 1739, Apr 20 1773 190 1823, Jul 22 an American naturalist. He was born in Kingsessing, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. As a boy, he acco...
