Mathematician:Alfred Bray Kempe

Mathematician
English mathematician best known for his work on linkages and the Four Color Theorem. Trained as a barrister, and was also an accomplished pianist.

Nationality
English

History

 * Born: 6 July 1849 in Kensington, London, England
 * Died: 21 April 1922 in London, England

Theorems and Definitions

 * Kempe's Universality Theorem for Linkages
 * Kempe Chain

Publications

 * 1877: How to Draw a Straight Line

Critical View

 * Mistress of humble tones and haughty,
 * Kempe calls me his piano-forte;
 * He plays me when a problem fails,
 * And rises lighter from the scales.
 * -- One of his students