Melvil Dewey

ComUE Paris-Saclay University, University of Paris-Sud, University of Bordeaux, Lycée Bernard Palissy (Agen), University of Bordeaux 1 | December 10, 1990

Italian mathematician | CNRS bronze medal (2021) | Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier University | December 10, 1986 - July 15, 2024 | Eleonora Di Nezza | December

German mathematician | University of Münster | Dresden: December 10, 1977 - Quartier des Batignolles: July 2, 1837 | Andreas Thom | Dresden: December 10, 1977

French air force officer | Lausanne: December 10, 1971 - Ljubljana: October 9, 1962 | Emmanuel Goffi | Lausanne: December 10, 1971 - Ljubljana: October 9, 1962

French physicist | Knight of the National Order of Merit (2024), CNRS innovation medal (2024), Knight of the French Order of Academic Palms (2007), CNRS silver

Italian roboticist | University of Trieste | San Daniele del Friuli: December 10, 1964 - Cairo: August 31, 1950 | Dario Floreano | San Daniele del Friuli

British philosopher | Cornell University, Magdalen College, King's College London, Westminster School | Vancouver: December 10, 1964 - London: October 27, 1873

Dutch physicist and university professor | Spinoza Prize (2007), Knight of the Order of the Netherlands Lion (2014), Newcomb Cleveland Prize (2012) | Delft

Italian researcher and science communicator | Saronno: December 10, 1963 - Florence: January 27, 1731 | Dario Bressanini | Saronno: December 10, 1963

Armenian scientist | Berd: December 10, 1962 - March 15, 2013 | Nune Sarukhanyan | Berd: December 10, 1962 - March 15, 2013

Israeli mathematician (1961-2008) | Ostrowski Prize (2007), George Pólya Prize (2006), Salem Prize (2001), Anna and Lajos Erdős Prize in Mathematics (1996)

Ph.D. Lomonosov Moscow State University 1986 | Moscow State University | December 10, 1959 - Ann Arbor: May 29, 2012 | Zarullo Khusenovich Rakhmonov | December

American philosopher | Philip L. Quinn Prize (2019) | University of Pittsburgh, Oberlin College | Boston: December 10, 1956 - Prague: July 16, 2012 | Geoffrey

American mathematician | Romania: December 10, 1954 - Oxford: May 5, 1971 | Florentin Smarandache | Romania: December 10, 1954 - Oxford: May 5, 1971

French physicist | Knight of the Legion of Honour (2015) | École Normale Supérieure, Paris-Saclay University | December 10, 1954 - Leipzig: October 10, 1898

Australian scientist | Bournemouth and Poole College | Stoke-on-Trent: December 10, 1954 - Tübingen: April 19, 1831 | Geoff Lawton | Stoke-on-Trent: December

American scientist | Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (2009) | Stamford: December 10, 1953 - Mexico City: June 5, 2010

Azerbaijani scientist | Baku State University | Bilasuvar District: December 10, 1950 - Moscow: January 1, 1886 | Kamil Mənsimov | Bilasuvar District

Polish chemist (1949-2019) | Medal of the National Education Commission, Jan Heweliusz Scientific Award of the City of Gdańsk, Gold Cross of Merit, Commander

Indian scholar | University of Calcutta | Kolkata: December 10, 1947 - Kolkata: October 2, 2022 | Ramkrishna Bhattacharya | Kolkata: December 10, 1947

French writer (1946–1988) | École Normale Supérieure, Lycée Lakanal, Lycée Henri-IV | Boulogne-Billancourt: December 10, 1946 - 19th arrondissement of

political philosopher | Faculty of Oriental Studies of the St. Petersburg University | Astrakhan: December 10, 1946 - Obninsk: August 14, 1972 | Alex Battler

American scholar of Tibetan Buddhism (born 1944) | Fulbright Scholarship | Harvard University, Rutgers University, Princeton University | Paterson: December

Danish professor predominantly at Dutch universities (1943–2017) | Knight of the Order of the Netherlands Lion | Technical University of Denmark | Aarhus

Swiss physicist and politician (1939-2009) | University of Basel | Zurich: December 10, 1939 - Basel: December 7, 2009 | Gian-Reto Plattner | Zurich: December

American mathematician (1938–2018) | Guggenheim Fellowship, Fellow of the American Mathematical Society (2013) | Louisiana State University, Illinois

Ukrainian mathematician (1937-2021) | Chernivtsi University | Uhornyky: December 10, 1937 - April 21, 2021 | Stepan Dmitrievich Ivasishen | Uhornyky: December

Czech-American civil engineer (*1937) | Foreign Member of the Royal Society (2015), honorary doctorate of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (1997)

Czech physicist (1935–2017) | Charles University | Moscow: December 10, 1935 - Prague: September 5, 2017 | Ivan Štoll (Ivan Stoll) | Moscow: December 10

Russian historian | Ushinsky Medal, Medal "For Labour Valour", Medal "For the Development of Virgin Lands", Merited Scientist of the Russian Federation, Medal

Latvian chemist | Order of the Three Stars, Cross of Recognition, Pauls Stradiņš Prize (1983), Grand Medal of the Latvian Academy of Sciences (1993), Knight

Russian historian (1930-2018) | Merited Scientist of the Russian Federation, Medal "Veteran of Labour", Order of Friendship of Peoples, Medal "For Valiant

German chemist (1927–2021) | Carus medal (1980), Adolf-von-Baeyer Gold Medal (1980) | University of Marburg | Potsdam: December 10, 1927 - Darmstadt: January 25, 2021

Dutch mathematician (1927-1998) | Delft University of Technology, Eindhoven University of Technology | The Hague: December 10, 1927 - Enschede: January 21, 1998

German physicist (1925-2021) | Bielefeld: December 10, 1925 - April 24, 2021 | Karl-Heinz Althoff | Bielefeld: December 10, 1925 - April 24, 2021

Bulgarian writer | Order of Cyril and Methodius, Order of Georgi Dimitrov | Sofia University | Breznishki izvor: December 10, 1925 - Moscow: January 8, 2012

Spanish writer (1923-2011) | Femina Vacaresco award (1994), Prix Femina (1969), Louis Guilloux Prize (1995), Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres (1995), Edgar

physicist in Japan (1922-2019) | Medal with Purple Ribbon (1985), Order of the Sacred Treasure, 2nd Class (1993) | University of Tokyo | Osaka Prefecture

French physicist (1916–2007) | honorary doctorate at the Laval University (1963), Commander of the National Order of Merit, Officer of the Legion of Honour

French chemist and biologist | Knight of the ordre de la Santé publique (1961) | Toulon: December 10, 1910 - Billom: March 17, 2007 | Marguerite Faure

nuclear physicist (1906–2000) | Enrico Fermi Award (1969), Elliott Cresson Medal (1970), Atoms for Peace Award | Queen's University, Columbia University

Soviet scientist (1892-1978) | Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin", Medal "For Valiant Labour in

Hungarian physician, teacher and inventor (1888-1956) | Győr: December 10, 1888 - Győr: February 27, 1956 | Aladár Petz (Aladar Petz) | Győr: December 10

Austrian economist, philosopher and sociologist (1882–1945) | University of Vienna, Humboldt University of Berlin | Vienna: December 10, 1882 - Oxford

Polish chemist (1881–1940) | Commander of the Order of Polonia Restituta | Lviv Polytechnic | Kraków: December 10, 1881 - Kraków: May 5, 1940 | Arnold

Indian poet (1880-1951) | Knight Bachelor | Musalamma Maranamu, Bhaarata Arthasaastramu | St John's College, Madras Christian College | Kattamanchi: December

Swedish engineer (1876-1953) | Kumla: December 10, 1876 - Vasa parish: April 17, 1953 | Sven Gustaf Wingqvist | Kumla: December 10, 1876 - Vasa parish: April 17, 1953

German psychologist and philosopher (1872–1956) | Leipzig University | Hanover: December 10, 1872 - Kilchberg: July 29, 1956 | Ludwig Klages | Hanover

Romanian physicist (1870-1964) | University of Paris | Craiova: December 10, 1870 - Bucharest: March 2, 1964 | Nicolae Vasilescu-Karpen | Craiova: December 10

American physicist (1860–1944) | University of Göttingen, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Oberlin College | Bristolville: December 10, 1860 - New

American physicist | Iowa State University | Port Byron: December 10, 1847 - October 6, 1926 | Francis Eugene Nipher | Port Byron: December 10, 1847 - October 6, 1926

American mathematician | Johns Hopkins University, Harvard College, Harvard University | Yorkshire: December 10, 1847 - Berkeley: October 5, 1909 | Irving

Peruvian mathematician (1844-1918) | Auschwitz | Piura: December 10, 1844 - Lima: April 30, 1918 | Artidoro García Godos (Artidoro Garcia Godos) | Piura

French philosopher and sociologist (1839-1925) | Juteau-Duvigneaux Prize (1899) | École Normale Supérieure | Auxerre: December 10, 1839 - Seignelay: June 12, 1925

Eötvös Loránd University | December 10, 1837 - August 10, 2016 | Gusztáv Csanády (Gusztav Csanady) | December 10, 1837 - August 10, 2016

Austrian principal of telegraph | Klatovy: December 10, 1826 - Innsbruck: April 5, 1908 | Philipp Sarlay | Klatovy: December 10, 1826 - Innsbruck: April 5, 1908

Scottish writer and Christian minister (1824–1905) | The Princess and the Goblin, Phantastes, At the Back of the North Wind, Lilith, David Elginbrod, The Gray Wolf

Russian academic (1822-1885) | Tsarskoye Selo Lyceum | Livenskiy Uyezd: December 10, 1822 - Tbilisi: November 19, 1885 | Nikolay Danilevsky | Livenskiy Uyezd

British engineer (1819–1893) | Elliott Cresson Medal (1889) | London: December 10, 1819 - Weybridge: May 9, 1893 | Edward Alfred Cowper | London: December

Scottish physician | Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh | Edinburgh Academy, University of Edinburgh | Cupar: December 10, 1817 - Edinburgh: February 26, 1884

English mathematician (1815–1852) | London: December 10, 1815 - Marylebone: November 27, 1852 | Ada Lovelace - Augusta Ada Byron (A. A. L.) | London

German mathematician (1804–1851) | Foreign Member of the Royal Society (1833), Pour le Mérite, Grand prix des sciences mathématiques (1830), Pour le

German philosopher, educationist, musicologist and musician (1782-1849) | Peine: December 10, 1782 - Brunswick: April 6, 1849 | Friedrich Conrad Griepenkerl

German philosopher | University of Tübingen | Ilsfeld: December 10, 1743 - Stuttgart: April 15, 1821 | Johann Christoph Schwab | Ilsfeld: December 10, 1743

Swedish astronomer and politician (1724-1802) | Uppsala University | Värmland: December 10, 1724 - Stockholm: October 20, 1802 | Bengt Ferner | Värmland

Italian physicist and mathematician | Brescia: December 10, 1631 - Brescia: February 22, 1687 | Francesco Lana de Terzi | Brescia: December 10, 1631 - Brescia

English bible translator (1549-1622) | Knight Bachelor | King James Version | Brasenose College, University of Oxford | Yorkshire: December 10, 1549 - Eton

Italian writer (1504–1574) | Orbecche, Ercole, Hecatommithi | University of Ferrara | Ferrara: December 10, 1504 - Ferrara: January 9, 1574 | Giovanni