Florian Cajori (February 28 1859 in St Aignan (near Thusis), Graubünden, Switzerland-August 15, 1930, Berkeley, California) was one of the most celebrated historians of mathematics in his day. He emigrated to the United States at the age of sixteen. He received a Ph.D. at Tulane University, where he taught for a few years before being driven north by his health. He taught at Colorado College, where he founded the Colorado College Scientific Society. Wikipedia
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