Free State
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Free State (Vrystaat), South Africa Orange Free State A province situated between the Orange and Vaal Rivers, hence its former name; the ‘Orange’ was dropped in 1995. It was established in 1854 by Boers who had trekked northwards in 1836 to escape British rule, becoming a province of the Union of South Africa in 1910.
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Anniversaries
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 1/25/1994; 401 words
; ...Births: St Edmund Campion, Jesuit martyr, 1540; Thomas Tanner, antiquary, biographer and bishop, 1674; Comte Joseph-Louis Lagrange, mathematician and physicist, 1736; Robert Burns, poet, 1759; Sir Francis Burdett, politician, 1770...
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Joseph Louis Lagrange, Comte
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Joseph Louis Lagrange, Comte , 1736-1813, French mathematician...Paris, where he had been called by Louis XVI in 1787. In 1793 he became president...based on his lectures. Under Napoleon, Lagrange was made senator and count; he is buried...
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Comte Joseph Louis Lagrange
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Comte Joseph Louis Lagrange Every branch of mathematics was enriched by the contributions of the Italian-born French mathematician Comte Joseph Louis Lagrange (1736-1813). He is best known for his analytical formulations...
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Lagrange, Joseph Louis
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography
...Lodovico LaGrange or Luigi Lagrange, adopting the French...the name of Monsieur Joseph-Louis La Grange, without...ouvrages de M. le Comte J. L. Lagrange ’ and his...designated him Monsieur Joseph Louis Lagrange, s é...
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Bertrand, Joseph Louis François
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography
Bertrand, Joseph Louis Fran ç ois ( b...Polytechnique in Paris with Auguste Comte and Jean Marie Constant...Co11 è ge Saint-Louis, a position that he filled...third edition of J. L. Lagrange ’ s M é...
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