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Geoffrey Vickers

  • Nottingham: October 13, 1894 celebration
  • Goring-on-Thames: March 16, 1982 celebration
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    Geoffrey Vickers  

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    United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland  

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    Geoffrey Vickers

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  • celebration Date of birth

    Nottingham: October 13, 1894  

  • deceased Rest in Peace

    Goring-on-Thames: March 16, 1982  

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  • engineering Field of Work

    1. systems thinking
    2. social system
    3. social process
     

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  • school Education

    1. Oundle School
    2. Merton College
    3. Bramcote School
     

  • trophy Awards & Honors

    1. Victoria Cross
     

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  • English military officer, lawyer, and systems scientist (1894–1982); recipient of the Victoria Cross | Victoria Cross | Oundle School, Merton College, Bramcote School

1. Jessamyn Fairfield

  • October 13, 1984 celebration

American physicist and comedian | University of California, Berkeley | October 13, 1984 - Nice: January 29, 1891 | Jessamyn Fairfield | October 13, 1984

2. Shravan M. Haldhar

  • October 13, 1979 celebration

Agriculture Leadership Award (2019) | Rajasthan College of Agriculture, College of Agriculture | October 13, 1979 - Leányfalu: January 9, 1962 | Shravan M.

3. Margit Sutrop

  • Tartu: October 13, 1963 celebration

Estonian philosopher | Order of the White Star, 4th Class, Concord Award (2006) | Miina Härma Gymnasium, University of Tartu | Tartu: October 13, 1963

4. Pauleen Bennett

  • Ivanhoe: October 13, 1963 celebration

Australian psychologist | La Trobe University | Ivanhoe: October 13, 1963 - São Vicente: February 29, 1972 | Pauleen Bennett | Ivanhoe: October 13, 1963

5. Donniel Hartman

  • New York City: October 13, 1958 celebration

Israeli rabbi and philosopher | Yeshivat Har Etzion, Netiv Meir Yeshiva, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, New York University | New York City: October 13, 1958

6. Michel Brion

  • October 13, 1958 celebration

French mathematician | Alexandre Joannidès prize (2010), CNRS silver medal (1999), CNRS silver medal (1998) | École Normale Supérieure | October 13, 1958

7. Future Man

  • Hampton: October 13, 1957 celebration

American inventor, musician, and composer | Norfolk State University | Hampton: October 13, 1957 - August 11, 2008 | Future Man | Hampton: October 13, 1957

8. Colin Adams

  • October 13, 1956 celebration

American mathematician | Fellow of the American Mathematical Society (2013) | University of Wisconsin–Madison, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

9. Geórgios Stravakákis (Georgios Stravakakis)

  • Christos: October 13, 1954 celebration
  • Athens: February 27, 2015 deceased

Greek politician and physicist | National and Kapodistrian University of Athens | Christos: October 13, 1954 - Athens: February 27, 2015 | Geórgios

10. Claude Ribbe

  • Paris: October 13, 1954 celebration

French writer | École Normale Supérieure | Paris: October 13, 1954 - Vasa parish: January 25, 1966 | Claude Ribbe | Paris: October 13, 1954 - Vasa parish

11. Silvio Micali

  • Palermo: October 13, 1954 celebration

Italian-American computer scientist | Gödel Prize (1993), ACM Fellow (2017), BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award (2017), Turing Award (2012), IACR

12. Jeremy Waldron

  • Invercargill: October 13, 1953 celebration

New Zealand legal philosopher | honorary doctor of the University of Otago (2005), Fellow of the British Academy (2011) | Lincoln College, University of Otago

13. Tejinder Virdee

  • Nyeri: October 13, 1952 celebration

British physicist | Knight Bachelor, Fellow of the Royal Society (2012), honorary doctorate of Claude Bernard University Lyon 1 (2013), Panofsky Prize (2017)

14. Jesús Conill (Jesus Conill)

  • October 13, 1952 celebration

Ludwig-Maximilian-University in Munich, University of Valencia | October 13, 1952 - April 9, 2003 | Jesús Conill (Jesus Conill) | October 13, 1952 - April 9, 2003

15. O. A. Donskikh

  • Saint Petersburg: October 13, 1952 celebration

Russian philosopher | Novosibirsk State University | Saint Petersburg: October 13, 1952 - September 8, 1993 | O. A. Donskikh | Saint Petersburg: October 13

16. Carlos Aragão (Carlos Aragao)

  • Rio de Janeiro: October 13, 1951 celebration

Brazilian scientist and physicist | Princeton University, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro | Rio de Janeiro: October 13, 1951 - Palo Alto: March 26, 2011

17. Teresa Riera

  • Barcelona: October 13, 1950 celebration

Spanish politician | University of Barcelona, University of the Basque Country | Barcelona: October 13, 1950 - Le Taillan-Médoc: August 28, 1563 | Teresa

18. Aleksey Semyonov

  • Moscow: October 13, 1950 celebration

Russian mathematician | Russian Federation Presidential Certificate of Gratitude, Russian President's Prize in the field of education, Honoured Higher

19. Andreas Solymosi

  • Budapest: October 13, 1947 celebration

mathematician | Budapest: October 13, 1947 - Borth: August 30, 1979 | Andreas Solymosi | Budapest: October 13, 1947 - Borth: August 30, 1979

20. Aleksandr Bulatov

  • Vladivostok: October 13, 1945 celebration

Russian economist | Moscow State University Faculty of Economics | Vladivostok: October 13, 1945 - July 10, 1915 | Aleksandr Bulatov | Vladivostok: October 13

21. Chems Eddine Chitour

  • Bordj Bou Arréridj: October 13, 1944 celebration

Algerian engineer | Jean Monnet University, National Polytechnic School | Bordj Bou Arréridj: October 13, 1944 - Belgrade: March 12, 2003 | Chems Eddine

22. Joseph A. Thas

  • Dilbeek: October 13, 1944 celebration

Belgian mathematician | Euler Medal (1994), Fellow of the American Mathematical Society (2013) | Ghent University | Dilbeek: October 13, 1944 - Paris: December 10, 1788

23. Zdzisław Pawlak (Zdzislaw Pawlak)

  • October 13, 1942 celebration

October 13, 1942 - Poznań: October 12, 2000 | Zdzisław Pawlak (Zdzislaw Pawlak) | October 13, 1942 - Poznań: October 12, 2000

24. Lluís Clavell Ortiz-Repiso (Lluis Clavell Ortiz-Repiso)

  • Barcelona: October 13, 1941 celebration

Spanish priest and university professor | Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas, University of Navarre, University of Barcelona, Pontifical Lateran University

25. Jan Jagielski

  • October 13, 1937 celebration

Silver Medal for Merit to Culture – Gloria Artis, Jan Karski and Pola Nireńska Award (2005), Officer of the Order of Polonia Restituta, Knight of the

26. V. I. Diskant

  • Kadiivka: October 13, 1934 celebration
  • Cherkasy: January 21, 2014 deceased

Ph.D. Novosibirsk State University 1964 | Pogorelov Prize | Novosibirsk State University, Tomsk State University | Kadiivka: October 13, 1934 - Cherkasy

27. Michael I. Yarymovych

  • Buchach: October 13, 1933 celebration

American businessman | New York University Tandon School of Engineering, Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science, New York University

28. John G. Thompson

  • Ottawa: October 13, 1932 celebration

American mathematician | Cole Prize in Algebra (1965), Henri Poincaré Prize (1992), Fields medal (1970), Wolf Prize in Mathematics (1992), Fellow of the Royal

29. George Samuel Hurst

  • Ponza: October 13, 1927 celebration
  • Knoxville: July 4, 2010 deceased

American health physicist and patent hoarder | Jesse W. Beams Award (1995) | Bell County High School, University of Kentucky, University of Tennessee, Berea College

30. Charles W. Curtis

  • October 13, 1926 celebration

1926- American mathematician | Fellow of the American Mathematical Society (2013) | Representation Theory of Finite Groups and Associative Algebras | Bowdoin

31. Margaret Thatcher

  • Grantham: October 13, 1925 celebration
  • The Ritz London: April 8, 2013 deceased

British stateswoman and prime minister (1925–2013) | honorary doctor of the Bar-Ilan University, Grand Cross of the Order of Vytautas the Great, Financial

32. Marta Cruz-Coke

  • Santiago: October 13, 1923 celebration
  • Santiago: May 20, 2023 deceased

Chilean philosopher, first woman director of the National Library of Chile (1923-2023) | École du Louvre | Santiago: October 13, 1923 - Santiago: May 20, 2023

33. Francis Farley

  • Lucknow: October 13, 1920 celebration
  • Grasse: July 16, 2018 deceased

British scientist | Fellow of the Royal Society, Hughes Medal (1980) | Muon g−2 | University of Cambridge (1950) | Lucknow: October 13, 1920 - Grasse: July 16, 2018

34. Arthur Burks

  • Duluth: October 13, 1915 celebration
  • Ann Arbor: May 14, 2008 deceased

American mathematician who contributed to the design of the first general-purpose electronic digital computer (1915–2008) | Guggenheim Fellowship (1953)

35. Angus Ellis Taylor

  • Craig: October 13, 1911 celebration
  • Berkeley: April 6, 1999 deceased

American mathematician (1911–1999) | California Institute of Technology, Harvard University | Craig: October 13, 1911 - Berkeley: April 6, 1999 | Angus Ellis

36. Albert Pfluger

  • Oensingen: October 13, 1907 celebration
  • Zurich: September 14, 1993 deceased

Swiss mathematician (1907-1993) | ETH Zurich | Oensingen: October 13, 1907 - Zurich: September 14, 1993 | Albert Pfluger | Oensingen: October 13, 1907

37. Yoshihiko Yoshimitsu

  • October 13, 1904 celebration

University of Tokyo | October 13, 1904 - January 1, 1997 | Yoshihiko Yoshimitsu | October 13, 1904 - January 1, 1997 | University of Tokyo

38. Giorgio Piccardi

  • Florence: October 13, 1895 celebration
  • Riccione: December 22, 1972 deceased

Italian chemist (1895-1972) | Florence: October 13, 1895 - Riccione: December 22, 1972 | Giorgio Piccardi | Florence: October 13, 1895 - Riccione: December 22, 1972

39. Geoffrey Vickers

  • Nottingham: October 13, 1894 celebration
  • Goring-on-Thames: March 16, 1982 deceased

English military officer, lawyer, and systems scientist (1894–1982); recipient of the Victoria Cross | Victoria Cross | Oundle School, Merton College, Bramcote School

40. Kurt Reidemeister

  • Brunswick: October 13, 1893 celebration
  • Göttingen: July 8, 1971 deceased

German mathematician (1893-1971) | Reidemeister move, Reidemeister torsion | University of Marburg, University of Freiburg, University of Hamburg, University

41. Georg Feigl

  • Hamburg: October 13, 1890 celebration
  • Wechselburg: April 25, 1945 deceased

German mathematician (1890-1945) | Leipzig University, Gelehrtenschule des Johanneums, University of Jena | Hamburg: October 13, 1890 - Wechselburg: April 25, 1945

42. Georgy Fedotov

  • Saratov: October 13, 1886 celebration
  • Beacon: September 1, 1951 deceased

Russian philosopher (1886–1951) | Guggenheim Fellowship (1946) | Saint Petersburg State Institute of History | Saratov: October 13, 1886 - Beacon: September 1, 1951

43. Viggo Brun

  • Lier: October 13, 1885 celebration
  • Drøbak: August 15, 1978 deceased

Norwegian mathematician (1885–1978) | Gunnerus Medal (1958), Fridtjof Nansen Award of Excellence, Mathematics-Natural sciences class (1939) | Brun's theorem

44. Eugénie Cotton (Eugenie Cotton)

  • Soubise: October 13, 1881 celebration
  • Sèvres: June 16, 1967 deceased

French scientist and women's rights activist (1881–1967) | International Stalin Prize for Peace, Lenin Peace Prize (1950), Knight of the Legion of Honour (1934)

45. Flora Rose

  • October 13, 1874 celebration
  • July 25, 1959 deceased

American scientist | October 13, 1874 - July 25, 1959 | Flora Rose | October 13, 1874 - July 25, 1959

46. Edmond Rothé (Edmond Rothe)

  • Paris: October 13, 1873 celebration
  • Lezoux: August 28, 1942 deceased

born 1873; died 1942 | Paris: October 13, 1873 - Lezoux: August 28, 1942 | Edmond Rothé (Edmond Rothe) | Paris: October 13, 1873 - Lezoux: August 28, 1942

47. Leon Leonwood Bean

  • Greenwood: October 13, 1872 celebration
  • Pompano Beach: February 5, 1967 deceased

American businessman (1872-1967) | Hebron Academy, Kents Hill School | Greenwood: October 13, 1872 - Pompano Beach: February 5, 1967 | Leon Leonwood Bean

48. Asger Ostenfeld

  • Hvirring Parish: October 13, 1866 celebration
  • Copenhagen: September 23, 1931 deceased

engineer | Technical University of Denmark, Roskilde Cathedral School | Hvirring Parish: October 13, 1866 - Copenhagen: September 23, 1931 | Asger Ostenfeld

49. Lev Shepelevich

  • October 13, 1863 celebration

Odesa University, National University of Kharkiv | October 13, 1863 - Baku: September 10, 1887 | Lev Shepelevich | October 13, 1863 - Baku: September 10, 1887

50. Auguste Rateau

  • Royan: October 13, 1863 celebration
  • Neuilly-sur-Seine: January 13, 1930 deceased

French engineer (1863-1930) | Fourneyron prize (1899), Poncelet Prize (1911), honorary doctor of the Catholic University of Louvain, honorary doctor of the

51. Fernand Forest

  • Clermont-Ferrand: October 13, 1851 celebration
  • Monaco: April 12, 1914 deceased

French inventor and engineer | Knight of the Legion of Honour (1910) | Clermont-Ferrand: October 13, 1851 - Monaco: April 12, 1914 | Fernand Forest

52. Theodor Schauman

  • Helsinki: October 13, 1849 celebration
  • Porvoo: March 11, 1931 deceased

Finnish military personnel | Commander of the Order of the White Rose of Finland (1919) | Helsinki: October 13, 1849 - Porvoo: March 11, 1931 | Theodor

53. Mary Hartmann

  • October 13, 1845 celebration

October 13, 1845 - March 22, 2019 | Mary Hartmann | October 13, 1845 - March 22, 2019

54. Charles Wallace Hunt

  • October 13, 1841 celebration
  • March 27, 1911 deceased

American engineer (1841-1911) | October 13, 1841 - March 27, 1911 | Charles Wallace Hunt | October 13, 1841 - March 27, 1911

55. Hans Hübner (Hans Hubner)

  • Düsseldorf: October 13, 1837 celebration
  • Göttingen: July 4, 1884 deceased

German chemist (1837-1884) | University of Göttingen, TU Dresden | Düsseldorf: October 13, 1837 - Göttingen: July 4, 1884 | Hans Hübner (Hans Hubner)

56. Franz Friedrich Ševčík (Franz Friedrich Sevcik)

  • October 13, 1824 celebration

October 13, 1824 - Berlin: January 24, 1877 | Franz Friedrich Ševčík (Franz Friedrich Sevcik) | October 13, 1824 - Berlin: January 24, 1877

57. Gaston Lespiault

  • Nérac: October 13, 1823 celebration
  • Nérac: October 3, 1904 deceased

French mathematician | Officer of the Legion of Honour | Nérac: October 13, 1823 - Nérac: October 3, 1904 | Gaston Lespiault | Nérac: October 13, 1823

58. Otto Unverdorben

  • Dahme/Mark: October 13, 1806 celebration
  • Dahme/Mark: November 28, 1873 deceased

German chemist (1806–1873) | Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Leipzig University, Humboldt University of Berlin | Dahme/Mark: October 13, 1806

59. Søren Hjorth (Soren Hjorth)

  • Ørslev: October 13, 1801 celebration
  • Copenhagen: August 28, 1870 deceased

Danish engineer (1801–1870) | Ørslev: October 13, 1801 - Copenhagen: August 28, 1870 | Søren Hjorth (Soren Hjorth) | Ørslev: October 13, 1801

60. Peter Barlow

  • Norwich: October 13, 1776 celebration
  • Kent: March 1, 1862 deceased

British mathematician and physicist | Copley Medal (1825), Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1832), Fellow of the Royal Society (1823)

61. Christian Friedrich von Jäger (Christian Friedrich von Jager)

  • Stuttgart: October 13, 1739 celebration
  • Stuttgart: September 7, 1808 deceased

German physician, botanist and chemist (1739-1808) | Cothenius Medal (1806) | University of Tübingen | Stuttgart: October 13, 1739 - Stuttgart: September 7, 1808

62. Jakob Gadolin

  • Strängnäs city congregation: October 13, 1719 celebration
  • Turku: September 26, 1802 deceased

Finnish bishop | Commander of the Order of the Polar Star (1789), Knight of the Order of the Polar Star (1786) | Royal Academy of Turku | Strängnäs city

63. Jacobus le Mort

  • Arnhem: October 13, 1650 celebration
  • Leiden: March 1, 1718 deceased

Dutch chemist | Arnhem: October 13, 1650 - Leiden: March 1, 1718 | Jacobus le Mort | Arnhem: October 13, 1650 - Leiden: March 1, 1718

64. Fortunio Liceti

  • Rapallo: October 13, 1577 celebration
  • Padua: June 16, 1657 deceased

Italian scientist | University of Bologna | Rapallo: October 13, 1577 - Padua: June 16, 1657 | Fortunio Liceti (Conradus van Roel) | Rapallo: October 13, 1577

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