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Now it's too easy. Given the age of the subject and date of the photo (from clothing style) there are only two possibilities: Russell/Whitehead and Cantor. I know what Russell and Whitehead look like. By process of elimination, Georg Cantor (inventor of set theory).
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12-17-10 Mohamed Bouazizi NEVER FORGET
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...and confirmed through wikipedia12-17-10 Mohamed Bouazizi NEVER FORGET
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I suppose it could also have been David Hilbert, but he is less solely responsible for the development of functional analysis...12-17-10 Mohamed Bouazizi NEVER FORGET
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Cantor. Good job for a non-descript guy with a beard.
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I only got it because of your clues.
If you'd just said "mathematician" I would still have been stumped.
Inventing a branch of mathematics is what did it...12-17-10 Mohamed Bouazizi NEVER FORGET
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well geez, he sure looked alot like Chaim Weizmann. Fooled me.Originally posted by padillah
Mine made a very important dcontribution to early mathematics. He discovered a branch of mathematics.
Tom P."A person cannot approach the divine by reaching beyond the human. To become human, is what this individual person, has been created for.” Martin BuberComment
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Who's the unfortunate man pictured here?Attached Files12-17-10 Mohamed Bouazizi NEVER FORGET
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Killing it is the new killing it
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Wat Tyler and Richard II, Peasants' Revolt?Originally posted by KrazyHorse
Who's the unfortunate man pictured here?The Apolytoner formerly known as Alexander01
"God has given no greater spur to victory than contempt of death." - Hannibal Barca, c. 218 B.C.
"We can legislate until doomsday but that will not make men righteous." - George Albert Smith, A.D. 1949
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got it in one12-17-10 Mohamed Bouazizi NEVER FORGET
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Killing it is the new killing it
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Here's an easy one. What's this event, and who are the two main players in it?Attached FilesThe Apolytoner formerly known as Alexander01
"God has given no greater spur to victory than contempt of death." - Hannibal Barca, c. 218 B.C.
"We can legislate until doomsday but that will not make men righteous." - George Albert Smith, A.D. 1949
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Vercingetorix (sp?) surrenders to Julius Caesar after the Battle of Alesia. I know my Asterix
Within weeks they'll be re-opening the shipyards
And notifying the next of kin
Once again...Comment
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Good job!Originally posted by Hueij
Vercingetorix (sp?) surrenders to Julius Caesar after the Battle of Alesia. I know my Asterix
Told you it was an easy one. 
The Apolytoner formerly known as Alexander01
"God has given no greater spur to victory than contempt of death." - Hannibal Barca, c. 218 B.C.
"We can legislate until doomsday but that will not make men righteous." - George Albert Smith, A.D. 1949
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Okay, another easy one...
Who killed who?Within weeks they'll be re-opening the shipyards
And notifying the next of kin
Once again...Comment
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Stupid...
Attached FilesWithin weeks they'll be re-opening the shipyards
And notifying the next of kin
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Some Frenchman assassinating William the Silent aka William of Orange
I don't know the name of the assassin.12-17-10 Mohamed Bouazizi NEVER FORGET
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Killing it is the new killing it
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