biography
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| lived:
| (1859–1930)
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| biography:
| Mathematical historian, born in St Aignan, Switzerland. He emigrated to the USA as a student (1875), and became best known as a mathematical historian. He was appointed history of mathematics professor at the University of California (1918–30), and as a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences wrote a number of texts on the history of mathematics and physics. |
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