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I need the year of death of the following mathematicians all of whom are written up in R.C.Archibald's book Mathematical Table Makers.

Carl Burrau, b. 1867, d. ???? - Danish, astronomer and actuary

Herbert Bristol Dwight, b. 1885, d. ???? - American, tables of integrals

Alexander John Thompson, b. 1885, d. ????, British, statistician, BAASMTC

Thanks for any insight.

Cheers, Scott

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Harun Šiljak · Accepted Answer · 2010-04-02 20:07:10Z UTC

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Burrau died in 1947 (source) Dwight died in 1975 (source) I could not find info on A.J. Thompson's year of death.

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answered Apr 2 2010 at 19:52

Harun Šiljak
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Thanks much for the help, H.M. – Scott Guthery Apr 5 2010 at 23:35

Andrew Niles · Answer 2 · 2010-04-02 20:35:04Z UTC

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Just a comment on Šiljak's source about Dwight: the footnote (in Russian) says "Год смерти этого автора точно неизвестен и оценен как 1975", i.e. the year of death of Dwight was unknown by the author of that website and "estimated" as 1975.

answered Apr 2 2010 at 20:35

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Thank you, I seem to have missed the footnote. – Harun Šiljak Apr 2 2010 at 20:40

Thanks much, Andy. – Scott Guthery Apr 5 2010 at 23:35

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