Talk:Yudell Luke

Latest comment: 7 years ago by DavidMCEddy in topic Place of death wrong

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Place of death wrong

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As of 2017-02-17 Yudell's place of death is listed as "Riga, Russia". This seems not correct. I found two sources giving conflicting information on place of death:

  • The MacTutor History of Mathematics archive says he was born 26 June 1918 in Kansas City, Missouri, and died: 6 May 1983 in Moscow, Russia.[1]
  • The UPI Archives from 1983-05-10 said, "The State Department notified the family of Luke's death by telegram Saturday. ... He died at Riga, Latvia".[2] May 10, 1983, was a Tuesday, so the previous Saturday would have been 1983-05-07, the day after the date of death given by The MacTutor History of Mathematics archive.[1]

CONCLUSION: Riga, Russia, is almost certainly wrong as the place of death. It would almost certainly be either Riga, Latvia, or Moscow -- and I assume the latter: It's more likely that the UPI story would be wrong, written a few days after the event, than a History of Mathematics written 15 years later, I think. I will change the article accordingly. DavidMCEddy (talk) 00:05, 19 February 2017 (UTC)Reply

References

  1. ^ a b O'Connor, J J; Robertson, E F (October 1998), "Yudell Leo Luke", MacTutor History of Mathematics archive, University of St Andrews, Scotland: School of Mathematics and Statistics, retrieved 2017-02-18
  2. ^ The body of Yudell L. Luke, an internationally known..., UPI, 1983-05-10, retrieved 2017-02-18