About James Mills Peirce
Lived 1834 – 1906 (aged 71). James Mills Peirce was an American mathematician and educator.
James Mills Peirce (May 1, 1834 ) was an American mathematician and educator. He taught at Harvard University for almost 50 years.
Early life and family Peirce was born May 1, 1834, in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He was the eldest son of Sarah Hunt (Mills) Benjamin Peirce's father, also named Benjamin, was librarian at Harvard. James had four younger siblings; one brother was philosopher, logician and professor Charles Sanders Peirce (1839–1914). He was first a Tutor in Mathematics, then a proctor at Harvard.
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American mathematician and educator (1834–1906)
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James Mills Peirce died on 21 March 1906.
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