births
October 24, 1873
E. T. Whittaker, British mathematician and physicist (died 1956)
E. T. Whittaker
Sir Edmund Taylor Whittaker was a British mathematician, physicist, and historian of science. Whittaker was a leading mathematical scholar of the early 20th century who contributed widely to applied mathematics and was renowned for his research in mathematical physics and numerical analysis, including the theory of special functions, along with his contributions to astronomy, celestial mechanics, the history of physics, and digital signal processing.
October 24
October 24 is the 297th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 68 days remain until the end of the year.