Benjamin Peirce
1809–80
American mathematician and astronomer. Tutor in mathematics, Harvard University, 1831; professor, mathematics and natural philosophy, 1833; Perkins Professor of astronomy and mathematics, 1842–80. Superintendent of the United States coast survey, 1867–74.
Source
DAB.
Bibliography
DAB: Dictionary of American biography. Under the auspices of the American Council of Learned Societies. 20 vols., index, and 10 supplements. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons; Simon & Schuster Macmillan. London: Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. 1928–95.
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