Science history 28 October
October 28 : 1703 – Birth of Antoine Deparcieux , French mathematician (d. 1768) 1703 – Death of John Wallis , English mathematician (b. 1616) 1792 – Death of Paul Möhring , German physician and scientist (b. 1710) 1804 – Birth of Pierre François Verhulst , Belgian mathematician (d. 1849) 1841 – Death of Johan August Arfwedson , Swedish chemist (b. 1792) 1845 – Birth of Zygmunt Florenty Wróblewski , Polish physicist (d. 1888) 1877 – Death of Robert Swinhoe , British naturalist (b. 1835) 1914 – Birth of Jonas Salk , American biologist and physician (d. 1995) 1914 – Birth of Richard Laurence Millington Synge , Nobel laureate (d. 1994) 1918 – Death of Ulisse Dini , Italian mathematician (b. 1845) 1957 – Death of Ernst Gräfenberg , German physician and scientist (b. 1881) 1960 – Birth of Landon Curt Noll , Astronomer , Cryptograph...