Today is James
Joseph Sylvester's Birthday!
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Happy Birthday
J. J. Sylvester!
Born: September 3, 1814
in London, England
Died: March 15, 1897
in London, England
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In 1877 Sylvester accepted a chair at Johns Hopkins
University. The next year he founded the American Journal of Mathematics,the
first mathematical journal in the USA. While in Britain he
had founded the Oxford Mathematical Society. |