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James Stirling
Scottish mathematician (*1692 – †1770).
Wikipedia | James Stirling (Mathematician)
Statements about
James Stirling
Occupation
Mathematician
Director
Field of Work
Combinatorics
Number Theory
Member Of
Royal Society
(11/3/1726 - 1753)
End Cause
:
Renunciation
Start Time
:
11/3/1726
End Time
:
1753
Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences
(6/30/1746 - )
Start Time
:
6/30/1746
Edinburgh Philosophical Institution
(1738 - )
Start Time
:
1738
Place of Birth
Stirling
Country
:
Kingdom of Scotland
Place of Death
Edinburgh
Country
:
Kingdom of Great Britain
Country of Citizenship
Kingdom of Great Britain
Date of Death
12/5/1770
Date of Birth
May 1692
5/11/1692
Reason for Preferred Rank
:
Most Precise Value
Educated At
Balliol College
(1710 - 1717)
Start Time
:
1710
End Time
:
1717
University of Oxford
Reason for Deprecated Rank
:
Incorrect Value
Instance Of
Human
Award Received
Fellow of the Royal Society
(11/3/1726 - )
Start Time
:
11/3/1726
Given Name
James
Described by Source
Dictionary of National Biography, 1885–1900
Statement Is Subject Of
:
Stirling, James (1692-1770) (DNB00)
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
Statement Is Subject Of
:
Q24477059
BEIC Digital Library
Encyclopædia Britannica 11th Edition
Statement Is Subject Of
:
1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Stirling, James
Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary
Statement Is Subject Of
:
Q105312543
Image of Grave
Name in Native Language
James Stirling
Family Name
Stirling
Languages Spoken, Written or Signed
Latin
Place of Burial
Greyfriars Kirkyard
Coordinate Location
:
55.9470°N 3.1927°W
Sex or Gender
Male
Image
Father
Archibald Stirling, Lord Garden
Reason for Deprecated Rank
:
Incorrect Value
Date of Death
:
1688
Archibald Stirling, 3rd of Garden
Mother
Anna Hamilton
Different From
James Stirling
Notable Work
Stirling's Approximation
Stirling Number
Plaque Image
Pseudonym
The Venitian
Influenced By
Isaac Newton
Employer
Republic of Venice
(1717)
End Time
:
1719
Point in Time
:
1717
University of Padua
(1720 - 1722)
Start Time
:
1720
End Time
:
1722
University of Glasgow
(1722)
Reason for Deprecated Rank
:
Incorrect Value
Point in Time
:
1722
Scots Mining Company
(1735 - 1770)
Occupation
:
Director
Start Time
:
1735
End Time
:
1770
Spouse
Barbara Watson
Sibling
John Stirling, 5th of Garden
Archibald Stirling, 4th of Garden
External Pages About James Stirling
ISNI
Encyclopædia Britannica Online
UK National Archives
Wikidata
