John Wilson (mathematician)

John Wilson (6 August 1741, Applethwaite, Westmorland – 18 October 1793, Kendal, Westmorland)[1] was an English mathematician. Wilson's theorem is named after him.

For the Scottish mathematician, see John Wilson (Scottish mathematician).
For other people named John Wilson, see John Wilson (disambiguation).

John Wilson
Born(1741-08-06)6 August 1741
Applethwaite, Westmorland
Died18 October 1793(1793-10-18) (aged 52)
Kendal, Westmorland
NationalityBritish

Wilson attended school in Staveley, Cumbria before going up to Peterhouse, Cambridge in 1757,[2] where he was a student of Edward Waring. He was Senior Wrangler in 1761.[2] He was later knighted, and became a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1782. He was Judge of Common Pleas from 1786 until his death in 1793.

See also

Notes
  1. Robinson (2003), p. 50.
  2. "Wilson, John (WL757J)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.

References
  • C. M. Neale (1907) The Senior Wranglers of the University of Cambridge. Available online
  • Robinson, Derek John Scott. An introduction to abstract algebra. 2003. Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 978-3-11-017544-8


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