James Mills Peirce

James Mills Peirce
James Mills Peirce
	Peirce in 1899 publication
Born	May 1, 1834; Cambridge, Massachusetts
Died	March 21, 1906 (aged 71)
Education	Harvard College (1853); Harvard Divinity School (1859);
Parent	Benjamin Peirce (father);
Relatives	Charles Sanders Peirce (brother); Herbert H. D. Peirce (brother);
2nd Perkins Professor of Astronomy and Mathematics
	In office; 1885–1906
Preceded by	Benjamin Peirce
Succeeded by	William Elwood Byerly
Dean of the Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences
	In office; 1895–1898

James Mills Peirce (May 1, 1834 – March 21, 1906) was an American mathematician and educator. He taught at Harvard University for almost 50 years.

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