John Wilson (English judge)

For the Scottish mathematician (1847–1896), see John Wilson (Scottish mathematician).

For other people named John Wilson, see John Wilson (disambiguation).

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.

John Wilson
Born	(1741-08-06)6 August 1741 Applethwaite, Westmorland, England
Died	18 October 1793(1793-10-18) (aged 52) Kendal, Westmorland, England
Nationality	British

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.

See also

• Wilson prime

Notes

1. Robinson (2003), p. 50.
2. "Wilson, John (WL757J)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.

References

• C. M. Neale (1907) The Senior Wranglers of the University of Cambridge. Available online
• Robinson, Derek John Scott. An introduction to abstract algebra. 2003. Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 978-3-11-017544-8