The story of Ramanujian:
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Srinivasa_Ramanujan
http://mathworld.wolfram.com/Hardy-RamanujanNumber.html
We have seen how two 19th century greatest mathematicians Cauchy and Gauss who were not helpful to two young unknown mathematicians Galois and Abel, now let’s see an opposite example — the discovery of an unknown math genius Ramanujian by the greatest Pure Mathematician in 20th century Prof G.H. Hardy.
References:
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http://tomcircle.wordpress.com/2013/11/27/163-and-ramanujan-constant/