Person: Muir, Thomas

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Thomas Muir was a Scot who went on to be Superintendent General of Education in South Africa and is best known for his five volume History of Determinants.

Mathematical Profile (Excerpt):

Born 25 August 1844, Stonebyres, Falls of Clyde, Lanarkshire, Scotland. Died 21 March 1934, Rondebosch, South Africa.

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Origin Scotland


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References

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