Mathematician:George Arthur Plimpton

Mathematician

American publisher and philanthropist, whose contribution to mathematics was his collection of rare ancient mathematical works which he donated to the Nicholas Murray Butler Library of Columbia University.

Nationality

American

History

• Born: July 13, 1855 in Walpole, Massachusetts
• Died: July 1, 1936

Collection

The following works were donated by him to the Nicholas Murray Butler Library of Columbia University:

• The first printed edition of Euclid's The Elements
• Plimpton $\mathit { 322 }$
• Treviso Arithmetic