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10th January
On this day in 1844, George Boole submitted a paper to the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society. One referee rejected it, the other recommended a special prize. This paper was the first mathematics paper to receive the Royal Medal from the Royal Society.
The postage stamp of one of today's mathematicians at THIS LINK was issued in 2005.
The postage stamp of one of today's mathematicians at THIS LINK was issued in 2005.