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14 hours ago · He was the son of Sarah Hunt Mills and Benjamin Peirce, himself a professor of mathematics and astronomy at Harvard University. At age 12, Charles read his older brother's copy of Richard Whately's Elements of Logic, then the leading English-language text on the subject. So began his lifelong fascination with logic and reasoning.
14 hours ago · Ruy Mingas, 84, Angolan composer (national anthem), musician and politician, deputy (2017–2021). Frank Q. Nebeker, 93, American jurist, judge of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals (1969–2021) and the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims (1989–2021). Nur Ahmed Nur, 87, Afghan politician, minister of the interior (1978).
