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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 .
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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.
Benjamin Peirce (1809–1880), American mathematician, known for Peirce's Criterion, father of Charles; Charles Sanders Peirce (C. S. Peirce) (1839–1914), American philosopher, founder of pragmatism; Clarence V. Peirce (1850–1923), American farmer and politician; Cyrus Peirce (1790–1860), American educator, Unitarian minister
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.
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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.
Peirce was born May 1, 1834, in Cambridge, Massachusetts. [4] He was the eldest son of Sarah Hunt (Mills) [3] Peirce and Benjamin Peirce (1809–1880), a professor of astronomy and mathematics at Harvard University. [1] The family was considered part of the Boston Brahmin elite class. The surname is pronounced to rhyme with "purse ⓘ ". [5]