July 26

Alexander Henry Rhind, whose purchase preserved the ancient Egyptian mathematical papyrus that carries his name, was born in Wick, Scotland.

K. Pattabhi Jois, the Mysore teacher who systematized and popularized Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga, was born in Kowshika, Karnataka.

Fazlur Rahman Malik, a Pakistani-American scholar of Islamic thought at the University of Chicago known for his work on ijtihad, died in Chicago.

Kōbun Chino Otogawa, a Japanese Sōtō Zen priest who helped establish Zen practice centers in the United States and Europe, died in Switzerland.