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Peter Guthrie Tait

(1831-1901)
British mathematician
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Peter Guthrie Tait FRSE (28 April 1831 – 4 July 1901) was a Scottish mathematical physicist and early pioneer in thermodynamics. He is best known for the mathematical physics textbook Treatise on Natural Philosophy, which he co-wrote with Kelvin, and his early investigations into knot theory.

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28 April 1831
Dalkeith
Died
4 July 1901 (aged 70)
Edinburgh, Scotland
Zodiac Taurus
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