1. Since the University of Virginia is the news, I want to tell a pertinent story about James Joseph Sylvester, who once taught there.
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10. Sylvester later went on to become a tutor to Florence Nightingale, & teach at Johns Hopkins. A major figure in math.
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11. Here's the kicker -- for decades after Sylvester left U of V, the university covered up the circumstances of his leaving.
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