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George Stokes, physicist and mathematician; died in Cambridge #OTD in 1903.
#dib: https://www.dib.ie/biography/stokes-george-gabriel-a8329
"If Boole translated classical logic into algebra, while Rowan Hamilton used metaphysics as an inspiration for mathematics, Stokes took a third path. His mathematics was inspired by real life problems."
G. G. Stokes, his life, work and philosophy - http://irishphilosophy.com/2015/08/13/g-g-stokes/