- For other persons with this same name, see James Stirling.
James Stirling (April 22, 1692–December 5, 1770) was a Scottish mathematician. He was educated at Balliol College, Oxford where he was a Snell exhibitioner The Stirling numbers and Stirling's formula are named after him.
External links
- O'Connor, John J; Edmund F. Robertson "James Stirling". MacTutor History of Mathematics archive.


