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  2. Benjamin Peirce - Wikipedia

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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 .

  3. Benjamin Osgood Peirce - Wikipedia

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    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.

  4. Franklin Pierce rail accident - Wikipedia

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    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]

  5. Benjamin Peirce (librarian) - Wikipedia

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    Benjamin Peirce (30 September 1778 – 26 July 1831) was librarian of the Harvard Library from 1826 to 1831. Early life and education. Peirce, born in Salem, 30 ...

  6. Jane Pierce - Wikipedia

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    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.

  7. Benjamin Pierce - Wikipedia

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    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

  8. Benjamin Pierce (governor) - Wikipedia

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    Benjamin Pierce (December 25, 1757 – April 1, 1839) was an American politician who twice served as the governor of New Hampshire from 1827 to 1828 and from 1829 to 1830. Pierce fought during the American Revolutionary War before becoming a Democratic-Republican Party politician.

  9. Peirce (surname) - Wikipedia

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    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 ...