James Joseph Sylvester, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

James Joseph Sylvester

English mathematician

Date of Birth: 03-Sep-1814

Place of Birth: London

Date of Death: 15-Mar-1897

Profession: mathematician, actuary, university teacher

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

James Joseph Sylvester FRS HFRSE (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.