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From: Phil Elson
- On August 28 2012, John D. Hunter, the creator of matplotlib, died
- from complications arising from cancer treatment, after a brief but
- intense battle with this terrible illness. John is survived by his
- wife Miriam, his three daughters Rahel, Ava and Clara, his sisters
- Layne and Mary, and his mother Sarah.
- If you have benefited from John's many contributions, please say
- thanks in the way that would matter most to him. Please consider
- making a donation to
- the John Hunter Memorial
- Fund. matplotlib is a python 2D plotting library which produces
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Introduction
properties, axes properties, etc, via an object oriented interface
or via a set of functions familiar to MATLAB users.
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+ + On August 28 2012, John D. Hunter, the creator of matplotlib, died + from complications arising from cancer treatment, after a brief but + intense battle with this terrible illness. John is survived by his + wife Miriam, his three daughters Rahel, Ava and Clara, his sisters + Layne and Mary, and his mother Sarah. + ++ If you have benefited from John's many contributions, please say + thanks in the way that would matter most to him. Please consider + making a donation to + the John Hunter Memorial + Fund. + |
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- matplotlib is the brainchild of John Hunter (1968-2012), who has put an - inordinate amount of effort into producing a piece of software utilized by - thousands of scientists worldwide. + matplotlib is the brainchild of John Hunter (1968-2012), who, along with its many + contributors, have put an immeasurable amount of time and effort into producing a + piece of software utilized by thousands of scientists worldwide. If matplotlib contributes to a project that leads to a scientific publication, - please acknowledge this fact by citing the project. You can use this + please acknowledge this work by citing the project. You can use this ready-made citation entry.
Please -consider donating -to support matplotlib development or to -the John Hunter Memorial -Fund.
++Please consider donating +to support matplotlib development or to the John Hunter Memorial Fund. +
-The matplotlib license -is based on the Python Software Foundation -(PSF) license.
++The matplotlib license is based on the Python Software Foundation +(PSF) license. +
-There is an active developer community and a long list of people -who have made significant contributions.
++There is an active developer community and a long list of people +who have made significant contributions. +
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There are several matplotlib add-on toolkits, including the projection -and mapping toolkit -basemap, 3d plotting with mplot3d, axes and axis helpers in axes_grid and more. +
There are several matplotlib add-on toolkits, +including a choice of two projection and mapping toolkits basemap and +cartopy, +3d plotting with mplot3d, +axes and axis helpers in axes_grid and more.