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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. Early life and education. Peirce, born in Salem, 30 ...
Benjamin Peirce, American mathematician: JPL · 29463: 29464 Leonmiš: 1997 TY 9: Leon Miš, Czech amateur astronomer † MPC · 29464: 29467 Shandongdaxue: 1997 TS 26: Shandong University, China: JPL · 29467: 29470 Higgs: 1997 UC 7: Peter Higgs, Scottish physicist. JPL · 29470: 29471 Spejbl: 1997 UT 7: Spejbl, a marionette, father of ...
Peirce is an English surname. Notable people with this surname include: Notable people with this surname include: Augustus Baker Peirce (1840–1919) American traveler; riverboat captain and artist in Australia
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
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
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