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Born May 4, 1845 • Exeter • England
Died March 3, 1879 (aged 33) • Madeira Islands • Portugal
Subjects Of Study biquaternion • tribal self

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William Clifford, portrait replica by John Collier; in the National Portrait Gallery, London.
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Henri Poincaré, 1909.
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