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John Wilson (English judge)

English mathematician (1741–1793) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

John Wilson (English judge)
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Sir John Wilson (6 August 1741, Applethwaite, Westmorland 18 October 1793, Kendal, Westmorland)[1] was an English mathematician and judge. Wilson's theorem is named after him.

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Wilson attended school in Staveley, Cumbria before going up to Peterhouse, Cambridge in 1757,[2] where he was a student of Edward Waring. He was Senior Wrangler in 1761.[2] He was later knighted, and became a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1782. He was Judge of Common Pleas from 1786 until his death in 1793.

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