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19th-century mathematicians

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Ahmed Raza Khan BarelviAuthor · BooksAhmad Raza Khan Barelvi (14 June 1856 – 28 October 1921) was an Indian Islamic scholar who is considered as one of the founders of the Barelvi movement.
Alexander AitkenAuthor · BooksAlexander Craig Aitken FRSNZ (1 April 1895–3 November 1967) was one of New Zealand's most eminent mathematicians.
Alfred North WhiteheadAuthor · BooksAlfred North Whitehead (15 February 1861 – 30 December 1947) was an English mathematician and philosopher.
Alfred Russel WallaceAuthor · BooksAlfred Russel Wallace (8 January 1823 – 7 November 1913) was an English naturalist, explorer, geographer, anthropologist and illustrator.
André-Louis CholeskyAuthor · Maps and atlasesAndré-Louis Cholesky (15 October 1875, in Montguyon – 31 August 1918, in Bagneux) was a French military officer, geodesist, and mathematician.
Antanas BaranauskasAuthor · BooksAntanas Baranauskas (Antoni Baranowski; 17 January 1835 – 26 November 1902) was a Lithuanian poet, mathematician and Catholic bishop of Sejny.
Bertrand RussellAuthor · BooksBertrand Arthur William Russell, 3rd Earl Russell (18 May 1872 – 2 February 1970), was an English philosopher, logician, mathematician, and social reformer.
Duarte LeiteAuthor · BooksDuarte Leite Pereira da Silva, GCC (11 August 1864 in Porto – 29 September 1950 in Porto), was a Portuguese historian, mathematician, journalist, diplomat and politician.
Dwijendranath TagoreAuthor · BooksDwijendranath Tagore (11 March 1840 – 19 January 1926) was an Indian poet, song composer, philosopher, mathematician and painter.
Esteban Terradas IllaPhotographer · PhotographyThe authority record describes Esteban Terradas Illa as Esteban Terradas Illa studied at ETSEIB, Polytechnic University of Catalonia and Complu
Eugène BourdonArtist · WatchesEugène Bourdon (1808–1884) was a French watchmaker and engineer. He is the inventor of the Bourdon tube pressure gauge for which he obtained a patent in 1849.
Francesco Faà di BrunoPerson · Music memorabilia
Francis GaltonPhotographer · PhotographySir Francis Galton (16 February 1822 – 17 January 1911) was an English polymath and the originator of eugenics during the Victorian era;
Gaston BachelardAuthor · BooksGaston Louis Pierre Bachelard (lang; 27 June 1884 – 16 October 1962) was a French philosopher.[8] He made contributions in the fields of poetics and the philosophy of science.
Georg Michael Anton KerschensteinerAuthor · BooksGeorg Michael Anton Kerschensteiner (29 July 1854 in Munich – 15 January 1932 in Munich) was a German professor and educational theorist.
Henri PoincaréAuthor · BooksJules Henri Poincaré (29 April 185417 July 1912) was a French mathematician, theoretical physicist, engineer, and philosopher of science.
Henry AdamsAuthor · BooksHenry Brooks Adams (February 16, 1838 – March 27, 1918) was an American historian and a member of the Adams political family, descended from two U.S. presidents.
Hertha AyrtonAuthor · BooksPhoebe Sarah Hertha Ayrton (born Phoebe Sarah Marks; 28 April 1854 – 26 August 1923), known in her adult life as Hertha Ayrton, was an English electrical engineer, mathematician, physicist…
James Clerk MaxwellPhotographer · PhotographyJames Clerk Maxwell FRSE (13 June 1831 – 5 November 1879) was a Scottish physicist and mathematician who was responsible for the classical theory of electromagnetic radiation, which was the…
John G. BennettAuthor · BooksJohn Godolphin Bennett (8 June 1897 – 13 December 1974) was a British academic and writer. He is best known for his books on psychology and spirituality, particularly on the teachings of G.
John Lighton SyngeAuthor · BooksJohn Lighton Synge FRSC (23 March 1897 – 30 March 1995) was an Irish mathematician and physicist, whose seven-decade career included significant periods in Ireland, Canada, and the USA.
José EchegarayAuthor · BooksJosé Echegaray y Eizaguirre (19 April 183214 September 1916) was a Spanish civil engineer, mathematician, politician, and one of the leading dramatists of the last quarter of the 19th…
Josef StefanAuthor · BooksJosef Stefan (Slovene: Jožef Štefan; 24 March 1835 – 7 January 1893) was a Carinthian Slovene physicist, mathematician, and poet of the Austrian Empire.
Joseph PetzvalPhotographer · PhotographyContributions to geometrical optics, photography, cinematography
Karl KořistkaAuthor · Maps and atlasesKarl Kořistka (also Carl Kořistka, Karel Kořistka; 7 February 1825 – 18 January 1906) was a Czech geographer, cartographer, mathematician and professor.
Kurt ReidemeisterAuthor · BooksKurt Werner Friedrich Reidemeister (13 October 1893 – 8 July 1971) was a mathematician born in Braunschweig (Brunswick), Germany.
Lewis CarrollAuthor · BooksCharles Lutwidge Dodgson (27 January 1832 – 14 January 1898), better known by his pen name Lewis Carroll, was an English author, poet, mathematician, photographer, and Anglican deacon.
Lewis Fry RichardsonAuthor · Maps and atlases
Ludwig WittgensteinDesigner · DesignLudwig Wittgenstein was a British and Austrian philosopher of language, architectural theoretician, logician, mathematician, aphorist and epistemologist (1889–1951).
Milutin MilankovićAuthor · BooksMilutin Milanković (sometimes anglicised as Milutin Milankovitch; Милутин Миланковић, pron;
Paul Gustav Heinrich BachmannPerson · Music memorabiliaPaul Gustav Heinrich Bachmann (22 June 1837 – 31 March 1920) was a German mathematician.
Pavel FlorenskyAuthor · BooksPavel Alexandrovich Florensky (also P. A. Florenskiĭ, Florenskii, Florenskij; Pavel Florenski;
Percival LowellAuthor · BooksPercival Lowell (March 13, 1855 – November 12, 1916) was an American businessman, author, mathematician, and astronomer who fueled speculation that there were canals on Mars, and furthered…
Sebastian FinsterwalderPhotographer · PhotographySebastian Finsterwalder (4 October 1862 – 4 December 1951) was a German mathematician and glaciologist. Acknowledged as the "father of glacier photogrammetry";
Simon NewcombAuthor · BooksSimon Newcomb (March 12, 1835 – July 11, 1909) was a Canadian–American astronomer, applied mathematician, and autodidactic polymath.
Spiru HaretAuthor · BooksSpiru C. Haret (ˈspiru haˈret; 15 February 1851 – 17 December 1912) was a Romanian mathematician, astronomer, and politician.
Thomas EdisonPerson · Film memorabiliaThomas Alva Edison (February11, 1847October18, 1931) was an American inventor and businessman known for his work on the incandescent light bulb, the phonograph, electric power distribution…
Wilhelm JordanAuthor · Maps and atlasesWilhelm Jordan (1 March 1842, Ellwangen, Württemberg – 17 April 1899, Hanover) was a German geodesist who conducted surveys in Germany and Africa and founded the German geodesy journal.
Willi ApelAuthor · BooksWilli Apel (10 October 1893 – 14 March 1988) was a German-American musicologist and noted author of a number of books devoted to music.
William James SidisAuthor · BooksWilliam James Sidis (April 1, 1898 – July 17, 1944) was an American child prodigy with mathematical and linguistic skills. He was active as a mathematician, linguist, historian, and author.

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