Parshall, Karen Hunger, 1955-
James Joseph Sylvester : Jewish mathematician in a Victorian world / Karen Hunger Parshall.
This text offers a biography of James Joseph Sylvester & his work. A Cambridge student at first denied a degree because of his faith, Sylvester came to America to teach mathematics, becoming Daniel Coit Gilman's faculty recruit at Johns Hopkins in 1876 & winning the coveted Savilian Professorship of Geometry at Oxford in 1883.
Sylvester, James Joseph, 1814-1897.
Sylvester, James Joseph.
Mathematicians -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century -- Biography.
Jews -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century -- Biography.
Great Britain -- History -- 19th century -- Biography.