Person:Benjamin Peirce (5)

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  1. Benjamin Peirce1809 - 1880
  1. Charles Sanders Peirce1839 - 1914
  2. Herbert H. D. Peirce1849 - 1914
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Name Benjamin Peirce
Gender Male
Birth[1] 4 Apr 1809 Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
Marriage to Sarah Hunt Mills
Death[1] 6 Oct 1880 Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
Reference Number? Q467611?


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Benjamin Peirce (; 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.

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References
  1. 1.0 1.1 Benjamin Peirce, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.