James Stirling
1692
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1770
photo credits: Wikimedia Commons
country of citizenship: Great Britain
languages spoken, written or signed: Latin
educated at: Balliol College, University of Oxford
occupation: mathematician, director
award received: Fellow of the Royal Society
influenced by: Isaac Newton
James Stirling (11 May O.S. 1692, Garden, Stirlingshire – 5 December 1770, Edinburgh) was a Scottish mathematician. He was nicknamed "The Venetian". The Stirling numbers, Stirling permutations, and Stirling's approximation are named after him. He also proved the correctness of Isaac Newton's classification of cubic plane curves. Source: Wikipedia (en)
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