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Benjamin Peirce

1809 - 1880

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Benjamin Peirce is the 569th most popular mathematician (up from 602nd in 2019), the 4,895th most popular biography from United States (up from 5,113th in 2019) and the 41st most popular American Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Benjamin Peirce ranks 569 out of 1,004. Before him are Isadore Singer, Louis J. Mordell, Giovanni Battista Zupi, Dénes Kőnig, Mikio Sato, and Ernst Leonard Lindelöf. After him are Evgraf Fedorov, Max August Zorn, Mark Krein, Wilhelm Jordan, Joseph Raphson, and Gino Fano.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1809, Benjamin Peirce ranks 46. Before him are Heinrich Hoffmann, Kit Carson, Franz Wilhelm Junghuhn, Constantin von Alvensleben, Ernst Rudolf von Trautvetter, and Bénédict Morel. After him are Leopoldo O'Donnell, 1st Duke of Tetuán, James Glaisher, Manuel Montt, Louis Charles Delescluze, Rutherford Alcock, and Robert Cornelius. Among people deceased in 1880, Benjamin Peirce ranks 39. Before him are Napoléon Henri Reber, Alphonse Pénaud, Sunanda Kumariratana, Robert Fortune, Princess Marie of Hesse-Kassel, and Karl Friedrich Lessing. After him are Edmond Albius, Arthur Morin, Ferdinand Ritter von Hebra, Edwin Drake, Hippolyte Mège-Mouriès, and Manuel Montt.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Benjamin Peirce ranks 4,895 out of 20,380. Before him are Meredith Monk (1942), John Carlos (1945), Herman Kahn (1922), Robert Foxworth (1941), Pat Mastelotto (1955), and Amber Lynn (1964). After him are Joanne Dru (1922), Willie Mays (1931), Paul Gallico (1897), Esai Morales (1962), Charlie Kaufman (1958), and Maurice Sendak (1928).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In United States

Among mathematicians born in United States, Benjamin Peirce ranks 41. Before him are Julia Robinson (1919), Richard E. Bellman (1920), Andrew M. Gleason (1921), Ronald Graham (1935), Isadore Singer (1924), and Louis J. Mordell (1888). After him are Saunders Mac Lane (1909), Michael Freedman (1951), Leonard Eugene Dickson (1874), Haskell Curry (1900), Oswald Veblen (1880), and Richard Montague (1930).

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