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Roy Kerr: References & Edit History

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Type Description Contributor Date
Anniversary information added. May 12, 2024
First paragraph modernization. Mar 19, 2024
Noted that he retired from the University of Canterbury and that he won the Crafoord Prize. Jul 18, 2018
Modified title of Web site: MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive - Biography of Sofia Vasilyevna Kovalevskaya. Jan 23, 2017
Add new Web site: MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive - Biography of Sofia Vasilyevna Kovalevskaya. Mar 30, 2012
Changed New Zealander (as adjective) to New Zealand. Mar 20, 2009
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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