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A peculiarity of the higher arithmetic is the great difficulty which has often been experienced in proving simple general theorems which had been suggested quite naturally by numerical evidence.
Harold Davenport
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Harold Davenport
Age: 61 †
Born: 1907
Born: October 30
Died: 1969
Died: June 9
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Huncoat
Lancashire
H. Davenport
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