February 19, 1863: Birthdate of mathematician Axel Thue

Thue made fundamental contributions to number theory (particularly transcendence theory). He wrote thirty-five papers in the field, mostly on the theory of Diophantine equations. From 1891 to 1894 he held a scholarship in mathematics, and in 1909 he published an important paper on algebraic numbers in Crelle's Journal. He also formulated Thue's Theorem.