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Benjamin Peirce (/ˈpɜːrs/; 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.
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| Benjamin Peirce | Academic advisors | Nathaniel Bowditch | 1.00 | infobox |
| Benjamin Peirce | Alma mater | Harvard University | 1.00 | infobox |
| Benjamin Peirce | Born | (1809-04-04)April 4, 1809 Salem, Massachusetts, U.S. | 1.00 | infobox |
| Benjamin Peirce | Children | 5, including Charles, Herbert, and James | 1.00 | infobox |
| Benjamin Peirce | Died | October 6, 1880(1880-10-06) (aged 71) Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S. | 1.00 | infobox |
| Benjamin Peirce | Father | Benjamin Peirce | 1.00 | infobox |
| Benjamin Peirce | Fields | Mathematics | 1.00 | infobox |
| Benjamin Peirce | Fields | statistics | 1.00 | infobox |
| Benjamin Peirce | Fields | science policy | 1.00 | infobox |
| Benjamin Peirce | Known for | Peirce's criterion for outliers (statistics) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Benjamin Peirce | Known for | Definition of mathematics as the science of necessary truths | 1.00 | infobox |
| Benjamin Peirce | Known for | linear algebras | 1.00 | infobox |
| Benjamin Peirce | Known for | celestial mechanics | 1.00 | infobox |
| Benjamin Peirce | Notable students | Joseph Lovering C. S. Peirce | 1.00 | infobox |
| Benjamin Peirce | Spouse | Sarah Hunt Mills | 1.00 | infobox |
| Benjamin Peirce | Workplaces | Harvard University Superintendent of the United States Coast Survey | 1.00 | infobox |
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