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Guided only by their feeling for symmetry, simplicity, and generality, and an indefinable sense of the fitness of things, creative mathematicians now, as in the past, are inspired by the art of mathematics rather than by any prospect of ultimate usefulness.

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Biography

Nationality: Scottish

Type: Mathematician

Born: February 7th, 1883

Died: December 21st, 1960

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