James Whitbread Lee Glaisher, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

James Whitbread Lee Glaisher

English mathematician and astronomer

Date of Birth: 05-Nov-1848

Place of Birth: Kent, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 07-Dec-1928

Profession: astronomer, mathematician

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

James Whitbread Lee Glaisher FRS FRSE FRAS (5 November 1848, Lewisham – 7 December 1928, Cambridge), son of James Glaisher the meteorologist and Cecilia Glaisher the photographer, was a prolific English mathematician and astronomer.
His large collection of (mostly) English ceramics was mostly left to the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge.