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||1719 – Johann Gottlob Lehmann, German mineralogist and geologist (d. 1767) | ||1719 – Johann Gottlob Lehmann, German mineralogist and geologist (d. 1767) | ||
File:William Rowan Hamilton.png|link=William Rowan Hamilton (nonfiction)|1805: Physicist, astronomer, and mathematician [[William Rowan Hamilton (nonfiction)|William Rowan Hamilton]] born. | File:William Rowan Hamilton.png|link=William Rowan Hamilton (nonfiction)|1805: Physicist, astronomer, and mathematician [[William Rowan Hamilton (nonfiction)|William Rowan Hamilton]] born. He will make important contributions to classical mechanics, optics, and algebra. | ||
File:John Venn.jpg|link=|1834: Mathematician and philosopher [[John Venn (nonfiction)|John Venn]] born. He will invent the Venn diagram, now widely used set theory, probability, logic, statistics, and computer science. | File:John Venn.jpg|link=|1834: Mathematician and philosopher [[John Venn (nonfiction)|John Venn]] born. He will invent the Venn diagram, now widely used set theory, probability, logic, statistics, and computer science. | ||
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1805: Physicist, astronomer, and mathematician William Rowan Hamilton born. He will make important contributions to classical mechanics, optics, and algebra.
1834: Mathematician and philosopher John Venn born. He will invent the Venn diagram, now widely used set theory, probability, logic, statistics, and computer science.