A list of mathematicians with descriptions of their most important accomplishments in mathematics.

A good starting point for research into the history of Mathematics. Information is organized into time periods with lists of famous mathematicians and scientists.

This site, which is provided for by the University of St. Andrews, contains information on the mathematician Gregory and his accomplishments.

This University of St. Andrews site contains a brief overview of this mathematician's accomplishments.

This is an interesting geometry project that goes back to the time of Archimedes, the famous Greek mathematician. You can combine this mathematical project with computer science and take this ancient problem into the twenty-first century...

This University of St. Andrews site contains information on the life of Heron as well as his accomplishments.

Helena Rasiowa was a Polish mathematician who achieved great mathematical accomplishments despite the dangers she faced during the German invasion of Poland. Read more about her life and work in this biography.

A mathematics professor and head of the mathematics branch of the Office of Naval Research, Mina Rees (1902-1997 CE) made many contributions to the world of mathematics. Learn more about this famous mathematician through this short...

A biography of the famous mathematician includes some information on his personal life, but focuses on the books he wrote that contributed to the world of mathematics.

A wonderful biography of both the personal and professional life of this modern day mathematician. Her contributions to the world of mathematics are highlited in this encouraging story of a female mathematician.

This site gives a very brief description of the accomplishments of Doris Schattschneider, the female mathematician.

This short biography highlight just a few of the events and accomplishments of this female mathematician.

A biography from the University of New York at Buffalo on Wilkins that also includes a partial list of his research publications and his lifetime awards.

A short biography about mathematician, Emmy Noether who was known for her landmark contributions to abstract algebra and theoretical physics.

A short biography about the Indian mathematician who made extraordinary contributions to mathematical analysis, number theory, infinite series, and continued fractions.

Learn about the life and work of Thabit ibn Qurra, a mathematician, physician, astronomer, and translator of the Islamic Golden Age.

Find out about Al-Battani, Arab astronomer, astrologer, and mathematician who introduced a number of trigonometric relations.

Read a short biography about Thales, a pre-Socratic Greek philosopher, mathematician, and astronomer.

How old is an object? Willard Libby found that the amount of carbon-14 decay found in an animal or plant could be used as a gauge of how long it had been dead.

This site from the University of St Andrews gives a factual biography of Rene Descartes. Many interesting links are provided.

This site from the University of St. Andrews provides a biographical account of the life of Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz. Includes links to mathematics topics such as matrices and determinants, quadratic, cubic and quartic equations, etc.

A biographical account of the life of Antiphon the Sophist.

Ada Byron, Lady Lovelace (1815-1852), was one of the most picturesque characters in computer history. The daughter of the poet Lord Byron, she was raised to be a mathematician and scientist and contributed to the work of Charles Babbage.

A detailed biography of Nathaniel Bowditch (1773-1838 CE), navigator, astronomer, and mathematician.