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Benjamin Peirce
Benjamin Peirce 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.
BornApril 4, 1809, Salem, Massachusetts
DiedOctober 6, 1880, Cambridge, Massachusetts
NationalityAmerican
FieldsMathematics, Statistics, Science policy
InstitutionsHarvard University, Superintendent of the United States Coast Survey
Alma materHarvard University
Academic advisorsNathaniel Bowditch
Notable studentsJoseph Lovering
Known forPeirce's criterion for outliers (statistics), Definition of mathematics as the science of necessary truths, linear algebras, celestial mechanics
InfluencedCharles Sanders Peirce
SpouseSarah Hunt Mills
Children5, including Charles and Herbert

About Benjamin Peirce

Mathematician Benjamin Peirce was born on April 4, 1809 in England (He dies at the age of 71, on October 6, 1880).

American mathematician who spent 50 years teaching at Harvard. From 1867 until 1874, he was the director of the United States Coast Survey.

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Benjamin Peirce before becoming famous

Benjamin Peirce was born in the Zodiac sign Aries (The Ram), and 1809 is the year of the Chinese Zodiac Serpent (蛇).

He was a passionate Christian who believed God existed because of the order of mathematics.

Achievement of Benjamin Peirce

He was the college librarian and played a key role in the creation of Harvard's scientific curriculum.

Benjamin Peirce's Family, Spouse, Dating and Relationship

In 1833, he married Sarah Hunt Mills, with whom he had four boys and one daughter.

Benjamin Peirce Collabed with

He, like Philosopher Blaise Pascal, is a well-known mathematician.

Benjamin Peirce Income & Net worth

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