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Benjamin Peirce

For his father, the Harvard librarian, see Benjamin Peirce (librarian). For the U.S. Coast Survey ship, see USCS Benjamin Peirce.
For other people named Benjamin Peirce, see Benjamin Peirce (disambiguation).

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

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 "". 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.

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