Paul Tannery
Paul Tannery (20 December 1843 – 27 November 1904) was a French
mathematician and
historian of mathematics. He was the older brother of mathematician
Jules Tannery, to whose ''Notions Mathématiques'' he contributed an historical chapter. Though Tannery's career was in the
tobacco industry, he devoted his evenings and his life to the study of mathematicians and mathematical development.
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