American mathematician, computer scientist, and philosopher (died 2016)

Hilary Putnam

Hilary Whitehall Putnam was an American philosopher, mathematician, computer scientist, and figure in analytic philosophy in the second half of the 20th century. He contributed to the studies of philosophy of mind, philosophy of language, philosophy of mathematics, and philosophy of science. Outside philosophy, Putnam contributed to mathematics and computer science. Together with Martin Davis he developed the Davis–Putnam algorithm for the Boolean satisfiability problem and he helped demonstrate the unsolvability of Hilbert's tenth problem.

Born

1926

July 31

Died

2016

Era

1920s

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1926 Born
2016 Died

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-30 Battle of Alexandria: Mark Antony achieves a minor victory over Octavian's forces, but most of his army subsequently deserts, leading to his suicide.
781 The oldest recorded eruption of Mount Fuji (Traditional Japanese date: Sixth day of the seventh month of the first year of the Ten'o (天応) era).
1009 Pope Sergius IV becomes the 142nd pope, succeeding Pope John XVIII.
1201 Attempted usurpation by John Komnenos the Fat for the throne of Alexios III Angelos.

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The world in 1926

When Hilary arrived

april 21 Al-Baqi cemetery, former site of the mausoleum of four Shi'a Imams, is leveled to the ground by Wahhabis.
april 24 The Treaty of Berlin is signed. Germany and the Soviet Union each pledge neutrality in the event of an attack on the other by a third party for the next five years.
april 6 Varney Airlines makes its first commercial flight (Varney is the root company of United Airlines).
april 7 Violet Gibson attempts to assassinate Italian Prime Minister Benito Mussolini.

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Same-day contemporaries

Also born on July 31

Bernard Nathanson 1926–2011 American physician and activist (born 1926) Billy Hitchcock 1916–2006 American baseball player, coach, manager (born 1916) Emilia Fox 1974– English actress Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn 1909– Austrian theorist and author (died 1999) Evgeni Malkin 1986– Russian ice hockey player Fred Quimby 1886–1965 American animation producer (died 1965) Hank Bauer 1922–2007 American baseball player and manager (born 1922) Jean Dubuffet 1901–1985 French painter and sculptor (died 1985) John Searle 1932– American philosopher and academic (died 2025)

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Same-year contemporaries

Also born in 1926

A. N. R. Robinson 1926–2014 Trinbagonian politician, 3rd President of Trinidad and Tobago (born 1926) Alfredo Di Stéfano 1926–2014 Argentinian-Spanish footballer and coach (died 2014) Anahit Tsitsikian 1926– Armenian violinist and educator (died 1999) Andy Griffith 1926–2012 American actor, singer, and producer (born 1926) Avraham Adan 1926–2012 Israeli general (died 2012) Bernard Nathanson 1926–2011 American physician and activist (born 1926) Beryl Cook 1926–2008 English painter and illustrator (born 1926) Boris Chetkov 1926–2010 Russian painter (died 2010) Bruno Bartoletti 1926–2013 Italian conductor (died 2013)

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