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James Whitbread Lee Glaisher FRS FRSE FRAS (5 November 1848, in Lewisham – 7 December 1928, in Cambridge), son of James Glaisher and Cecilia Glaisher, was a prolific English mathematician and astronomer.
Summary. Lee Glaisher was an English mathematician and astronomer who wrote over 400 articles on astronomy, special functions, calculation of numerical tables, number theory and the history of mathematics. View six larger pictures.
James Whitbread Lee Glaisher was born on 5 November 1848 in Lewisham, Kent, the elder son of James Glaisher (1809–1903), astronomer and meteorologist, and his wife, Cecilia Louisa Belville. He was sent to St Paul's School, London, in 1858.
24 de dic. de 2016 · James Whitbread Lee Glaisher was a pure mathematician and mathematical astronomer who served in leadership positions in the Royal Astronomical Society for 55 years.
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Letter from Archibald Smith, on a paper 'Tables of the numerical values of the sine-integral, cosine-integral, and exponential-integral' by James Whitbread Lee Glaisher to the Secretary of the Royal Society. Creator: Archibald Smith.
Originally deposited at the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology by Glaisher’s son, James Whitbread Lee Glaisher, the collection made its way to the University Library in 2006 via the Cambridge Antiquarian Society.
24 de dic. de 2016 · The eldest son, James Whitbread Lee Glaisher, who was given the names of two of his father’s wealthy scientific friends, shared much of the ability and interests of his father and became a fellow of the Royal Society as a distinguished and prolific mathematician and mathematical astronomer.
