Benjamin Peirce
1809-1880
Benjamin Peirce is generally regarded as the first American research mathematician. Peirce was a professor of mathematics and astronomy at Harvard from 1833 to 1880. He also ...
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Mathematician, physicist, and astronomer, Benjamin Peirce (1809-1880) has been called the "father of American mathematics." He distinguished himself as superintendent of the U.S. Coast Survey. Peirce ...
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Benjamin Peirce
Benjamin Peirce