Morris Birkbeck Pell

Morris Birkbeck Pell (31 March 1827, Albion, Illinois, United States of America — 7 May 1879, Glebe, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia) was an American-Australian mathematician.^[1]

In 1852 Pell was chosen from twenty-six candidates as the first professor of mathematics and natural philosophy in the now Faculty of Science at the University of Sydney.^[1] He was one of the University's three foundation professors.^[2]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} http://adbonline.anu.edu.au/biogs/A050475b.htm
2. ^ http://www.maths.usyd.edu.au/u/About/

External links

• Morris Birkbeck Pell at the Australian Dictionary of Biography Online

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Name	Pell, Morris Birkbeck
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Date of birth	1827
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Date of death	1879
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