Benjamin Peirce

Benjamin Peirce
Peirce c. 1870
Born(1809-04-04)April 4, 1809
DiedOctober 6, 1880(1880-10-06) (aged 71)
SpouseSarah Hunt Mills
Children5, including Charles, Herbert, and James
FatherBenjamin Peirce
Alma materHarvard University
Known for
Scientific career
Fields
InstitutionsHarvard University
Superintendent of the United States Coast Survey
Academic advisorsNathaniel Bowditch
Notable studentsJoseph Lovering
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Benjamin Peirce ForMemRS HonFRSE (/ˈpɜːrs/;[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.

  1. ^ "Peirce", in the case of Benjamin Peirce and family, always rhymes with "terse" and so, in most dialects, is pronounced like the word "purse". See "Note on the Pronunciation of 'Peirce'", The Peirce [Edition] Project Newsletter, Vol. 1, Nos. 3/4, Dec. 1994, Eprint Archived March 3, 2016, at the Wayback Machine.