Literary Library

Georg Stiernhielm

by Angela Beck
August 7, 1598 - April 22, 1672Swedish civil servant, linguist, mathematician and poetAuthor of "Hercules" and "Musae Suethizantes" #literarycalen...
Civil Servant Linguist Math Mathematician Mathematics Poem Poems Poet Poetry Sweden Swedish

Vaclav E. Benes

by Angela Beck
January 1, 1931 - Czech-American mathematician and writerAuthor of "General Stochastic Processes in the Theory of Queues" and "Mathematical Theory ...
Czech Czechoslavakia Math Mathematician Mathematics Writer

Grace Hopper

by Angela Beck
December 9, 1906 - January 1, 1992American computer scientist and U. S. Navy Rear AdmiralAuthor of "Understanding Computers" and "Instructor's Man...
Admiral Computer Computer Scientist Computers Math Mathematician Mathematics Navy Physicist Presidential Medal of Freedom US Navy

Thomas Carlyle

by Angela Beck
December 4, 1795 - February 5, 1881Scottish historian, philosopher, mathematician, essayist and satiristAuthor of "Sartor Resartus", "The French R...
Essayist Essays Historian history Math Mathematician Mathematics Philosopher Philosophy Satire Satirist Scotland Scottish

Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte du Buffon

by Angela Beck
September 7, 1707 - April 16, 1788French naturalist, mathematician and cosmologistPublished the 36 volume edition of "Histoire Naturelle" Became t...
Comte Cosmologist Cosmology Count France French Math Mathematician Mathematics Natural World Naturalist

Barbara McMartin

by Angela Beck
November 18, 1931 - September 27, 2005American mathematician, environmentalist and authorAuthor of 25 books on the Adirondack Mountains including "...
Adirondack Mountains Environment Environmentalist Math Mathematician Mathematics