James Joseph Sylvester

Also known as James Sylvester, Sylvester

English mathematician (1814-1897)

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Born: James Joseph , ( 1814-09-03 ) 3 September 1814, London, England
Died: 15 March 1897 (1897-03-15) (aged 82), London, England
Resting place: Balls Pond Road Cemetery
Alma mater: St. John's College, Cambridge
Awards: Royal Medal (1861) , Copley Medal (1880) , De Morgan Medal (1887)
Fields: Mathematics
Institutions: Johns Hopkins University , University College London , University of Virginia , Royal Military Academy, Woolwich , University of Oxford
Academic advisors: John Hymers , Augustus De Morgan
Doctoral students: William Durfee , George B. Halsted , Washington Irving Stringham
Other notable students: Isaac Todhunter , William Roberts McDaniel , Harry Fielding Reid , Christine Ladd-Franklin

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Instance of: human
Given name: James
Gender: male
Citizenship: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Place of birth: London
Place of death: Oxford
Occupation: barrister
Position held: chairperson
Languages spoken: English language
Native language: English language
Religion: Judaism
Award: Royal Medal
Academic degree: Doctor of Philosophy
Field of work: matrix theory
Image: James Joseph Sylvester by Alfred Edward Emslie.jpg
Work location: England

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member of: Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei
date of birth: 1814-09-03
date of death: 1897-03-15
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ethnic group: Jewish people

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James Joseph Sylvester (3 September 1814 – 15 March 1897) was an English mathematician. He made fundamental contributions to matrix theory, invariant theory, number theory, partition theory, and combinatorics. He played a leadership role in American mathematics in the later half of the 19th century as a professor at the Johns Hopkins University and as founder of the American Journal of Mathematics. At his death, he was a professor at Oxford University.

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