Person: Carlyle, Thomas

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Thomas Carlyle was a Scottish writer who was also interested in mathematics. He translated Legendre's work Éléments de géométrie.

Mathematical Profile (Excerpt):

Born 4 December 1795, Ecclefechan, Dumfriesshire, Scotland. Died 5 February 1881, Chelsea, London, England.

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Origin Scotland


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Github:
bookofproofs
non-Github:
@J-J-O'Connor
@E-F-Robertson


References

Adapted from other CC BY-SA 4.0 Sources:

  1. O’Connor, John J; Robertson, Edmund F: MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive