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Oughtred, William (1574-1660)
Best known for the invention of an early form of the slide rule.
http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Oughtred.html
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Peirce, Benjamin (1809-1880)
Life and work of 19th century mathematician and philosopher of mathematics; by Ivor Grattan-Guinness and Alison Walsh.
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/peirce-benjamin/
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Al-Sabi Thabit ibn Qurra al-Harrani
Gives information on background and contributions to non-euclidean geometry, spherical trigonometry, number theory and the field of statics. Was an important translator of Greek materials, including Euclid's Elements, during the Middle Ages.
http://www-gap.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Thabit.html
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Galois - The Evariste Galois Archive
Includes personal biography, explanation of his theory and related links.
http://www.galois-group.net/
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Kolmogorov, Andrei Nikolaevich (1903-1987)
Worked on trigonometric series, set theory, integration analysis, constructive logic, topology, approximation methods, probability, statistics, random processes, information theory, dynamical systems, algorithms, celestial mechanics, Hilbert's 13th prob
http://www.cwi.nl/~paulv/KOLMOGOROV.BIOGRAPHY.html
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The History of Mathematics
Collection of original papers of Berkeley, Hamilton, Riemann, Boole, Cantor, and Newton. Includes background and notes. Maintained by David R. Wilkins from Trinity College, Dublin
http://www.maths.tcd.ie/pub/HistMath/
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Biographies of Women Mathematicians
On-going project by students in mathematics classes at Agnes Scott College, in Atlanta, Georgia.
http://www.agnesscott.edu/lriddle/women/women.htm
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University of St. Andrews: Biography Index
Names are listed alphetically or by date, from 1680 BC to the present.
http://www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/history/BiogIndex.html
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Andrei Nikolaevich Kolmogorov (1903-1987)
The most prominent twentieth-century mathematician.
http://kolmogorov.com/Kolmogorov.html
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Galois, Evariste
Biography in the St Andres archive.
http://www-groups.dcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Galois.html
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