American mathematician, b. in Lincoln, Mass., July 1, 1779, graduated at Phillips Academy, Andover and at Harvard University, Mass., 1803. In 1805, he was Greek tutor at Harvard; from 1807 to 1831 professor of mathematics and natural philosophy at the same institution.
In 1820 he married Lucy M. Buckminster, who d. in 1824; in 1828 he married Eliza Rotch. His Elements of Algebra, translated from La Croix, was published in 1818; in succeeding years he published eleven other translations of mathematical works, contributed to the North American Review, and d. at Cambridge, Mass., May 8, 1853.
In 1820 he married Lucy M. Buckminster, who d. in 1824; in 1828 he married Eliza Rotch. His Elements of Algebra, translated from La Croix, was published in 1818; in succeeding years he published eleven other translations of mathematical works, contributed to the North American Review, and d. at Cambridge, Mass., May 8, 1853.
American mathematician, b. in Lincoln, Mass., July 1, 1779, graduated at Phillips Academy, Andover and at Harvard University, Mass., 1803. In 1805, he was Greek tutor at Harvard; from 1807 to 1831 professor of mathematics and natural philosophy at the same institution.
In 1820 he married Lucy M. Buckminster, who d. in 1824; in 1828 he married Eliza Rotch. His Elements of Algebra, translated from La Croix, was published in 1818; in succeeding years he published eleven other translations of mathematical works, contributed to the North American Review, and d. at Cambridge, Mass., May 8, 1853.
In 1820 he married Lucy M. Buckminster, who d. in 1824; in 1828 he married Eliza Rotch. His Elements of Algebra, translated from La Croix, was published in 1818; in succeeding years he published eleven other translations of mathematical works, contributed to the North American Review, and d. at Cambridge, Mass., May 8, 1853.
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