Benjamin Osgood Peirce

Background

Peirce, Benjamin Osgood was born on February 11, 1854 in Beverly, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Benjamin Osgood and M. (Seccomb) Peirce.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Harvard, 1876. Doctor of Philisophy, University of Leipzig, 1879. Student Berlin, 1879-1880.

Career

Taught in Boston Latin School, 1880-1881. Instructor mathematics, 1881-1884, assistant professor mathematics and physics, 1884-1888, Hollis professor mathematics and natural philosophy, since 1888, Harvard.

Achievements

• Benjamin Osgood Peirce has been listed as a noteworthy physicist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow American Academy Arts and Sciences, American Philosophical Society, American Association for the Advancement of Science, et cetera

Connections

Married Isabella Turnbull Landreth, July 27, 1882.

Father:

Benjamin Osgood Peirce

Mother:

M. (Seccomb) Peirce

Spouse:

Isabella Turnbull Landreth