Benjamin Osgood Peirce | |
|---|---|
 Peirce in 1914 | |
| Born | February 11, 1854 Beverly, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Died | January 14, 1914 (aged 59) Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Resting place | Central Cemetery Beverly, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Harvard University Leipzig University (PhD) |
| Spouse |
Isabella Turnbull Landreth
(m. 1882) |
| Children | 2 |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | Harvard University |
| Thesis | Über die Electromotorische Knifte von Gaselemente (1879) |
| Doctoral students | William Elwood Byerly |
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Benjamin Osgood Peirce (February 11, 1854 – January 14, 1914) was an American mathematician and a holder of the Hollis Chair of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy at Harvard from 1888 until his death in 1914.[1][2]
- ^ Hall, Edwin H. (1919), "Biographical Memoir of Benjamin Osgood Peirce 1854–1914" (PDF), Biographical Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences, VIII: 436–466.
- ^ O'Connor, John J.; Robertson, Edmund F., "Benjamin Osgood Peirce", MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive, University of St Andrews.