James Whitbread Lee Glaisher
James Whitbread Lee Glaisher FRS FRSE FRAS (5 November 1848, in Lewisham – 7 December 1928, in Cambridge), son of James Glaisher and Cecilia Glaisher, was a prolific English mathematician and astronomer. His large collection of (mostly) English ceramics was mostly left to the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge.
James Whitbread Lee Glaisher | |
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| Born | 5 November 1848 Lewisham, England |
| Died | 7 December 1928 (aged 80) |
| Alma mater | Trinity College, Cambridge |
| Known for | Glaisher's theorem Glaisher–Kinkelin constant |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics, Astronomy |
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