Benjamin Peirce
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 144 years ago |
Date of birth | April 4,1809 |
Zodiac sign | Aries |
Born | Salem |
Massachusetts | |
United States | |
Date of died | October 6,1880 |
Died | Cambridge |
Massachusetts | |
United States | |
Parents | Benjamin Peirce |
Children | Charles Sanders Peirce |
James Mills Peirce | |
Herbert H. D. Peirce | |
Current partner | Sarah Hunt Mills |
Notable student | Simon Newcomb |
Joseph Lovering | |
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Date of Upd. | |
ID | 759266 |
Benjamin Peirce Life story
Benjamin Peirce ForMemRS HonFRSE was an American mathematician who taught at Harvard University for approximately 50 years. He made contributions to celestial mechanics, statistics, number theory, algebra, and the philosophy of mathematics.