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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.
Neither a mercantile nor a political life satisfied Pierce, and in 1826 he accepted the position of Librarian at Harvard. He oversaw preparation of a catalogue of the Library which was published in 1830-31 in four volumes: the first two containing an alphabetical catalogue by authors, the third a systematic index, and the fourth a catalogue of maps.
Historical exonyms include place names of bordering countries, namely Thailand, Laos, China, and Cambodia.. During the expansion of Vietnam some place names have become Vietnamized.
Originally, many thước of varying lengths were in use in Vietnam, each used for different purposes. According to Hoàng Phê (1988), [1] the traditional system of units had at least two thước of different lengths before 1890, [2] the thước ta (lit. "our ruler") or thước mộc ("wooden ruler"), equal to 0.425 metres (1 ft 4.7 in), and the thước đo vải ("ruler for measuring ...
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
Trung Vuong (vi:Trưng Vương) may refer to: "Trưng 'King'" or "Trưng Queen (regnant)", Trưng Trắc, the older of the Trưng Sisters : leaders who rebelled against Chinese rule for three years, and are regarded as national heroines of Vietnam.
Benjamin Peirce (1809–1880), Professor of Mathematics at Harvard University. Benjamin Peirce may also refer to: Benjamin Osgood Peirce (1854–1914), Hollis Professor of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy at Harvard University; USCS Benjamin Peirce, a survey ship in commission in the United States Coast Survey from 1855 to 1868