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Benjamin Peirce ForMemRS HonFRSE (/ ˈ p ɜːr s /; [1] April 4, 1809 – October 6, 1880) 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 .
Peirce married Isabella Turnbull Landreth in 1882. Together, they had two daughters. [3]Removed by several degrees, he was a cousin of Charles Sanders Peirce, [8] whose father, Benjamin Peirce, worked as the academic advisor to Joseph Lovering, Benjamin Osgood Peirce's predecessor as holder of the Hollis Chair of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy.
Benjamin Peirce (30 September 1778 – 26 July 1831) was librarian of the Harvard Library from 1826 to 1831. ... Peirce died on 26 July 1831, aged 53.
Benjamin or Ben Pierce may refer to: Benjamin Pierce (governor) (1757–1839), governor of New Hampshire in the 1820s, father of U.S. President Franklin Pierce Benjamin Pierce (1841–1853) , the last surviving son of U.S. President Franklin Pierce; died in a train accident just before his father's inauguration
She allegedly wore all black for the rest of her life, spent time sending letters to her deceased son, Benjamin, and even held séances in an effort to communicate with him. [5] It is believed that this accident, as well as the death of his wife Jane in 1863, accelerated his drinking habits. Pierce would die of cirrhosis of the liver in 1869. [12]
Jane Means Pierce (née Appleton; March 12, 1806 – December 2, 1863) was the wife of Franklin Pierce and the first lady of the United States from 1853 to 1857. She married Franklin Pierce, then a congressman, in 1834 despite her family's misgivings.
George James Peirce (1868–1954), American botanist; Hayford Peirce (1942–2020), American writer of science fiction, mysteries, and spy thrillers; Joseph Peirce (1748–1812), U.S. Representative from New Hampshire; Juliette Peirce (died 1934), second wife of the mathematician and philosopher Charles Peirce; Henry A. Peirce (1808–1885) of ...
Charles Peirce's first wife, Harriet Melusina Fay, had left him in 1875, but he was not divorced from her until 1882.Charles and Juliette became close friends and travel companions, and were likely romantically involved before his divorce was official.