John Wilson (1741–1793) was an English mathematician, born in Applethwaite, Westmorland. The theorem, Wilson's Theorem, named after him for its discovery from Ibn al-Haytham, not its proof. Wilson attended school in Staveley, Cumbria before going up to Peterhouse, Cambridge in 1757, where he was a student of Edward Waring. He was Senior Wrangler in 1761. 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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  • John Wilson (1741–1793) was an English mathematician, born in Applethwaite, Westmorland. The theorem, Wilson's Theorem, named after him for its discovery from Ibn al-Haytham, not its proof. Wilson attended school in Staveley, Cumbria before going up to Peterhouse, Cambridge in 1757, where he was a student of Edward Waring. He was Senior Wrangler in 1761. 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.
  • John Wilson war ein britischer Mathematiker. Wilson studierte in Cambridge bei Edward Waring und lehrte dort von 1764 bis 1766 Mathematik. Der Satz von Wilson wurde auf Grund seiner Entdeckung, nicht aber auf Grund des Beweises nach ihm benannt.
  • John Wilson est un mathématicien britannique qui redécouvre ce qu'il croyait être une conjecture et qui porte aujourd'hui son nom : le théorème de Wilson. Ce résultat était en fait connu de Alhazen et Leibniz qui ne l'avait pas publié.
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  • John Wilson (1741–1793) was an English mathematician, born in Applethwaite, Westmorland. The theorem, Wilson's Theorem, named after him for its discovery from Ibn al-Haytham, not its proof. Wilson attended school in Staveley, Cumbria before going up to Peterhouse, Cambridge in 1757, where he was a student of Edward Waring. He was Senior Wrangler in 1761. 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.
  • John Wilson war ein britischer Mathematiker. Wilson studierte in Cambridge bei Edward Waring und lehrte dort von 1764 bis 1766 Mathematik. Der Satz von Wilson wurde auf Grund seiner Entdeckung, nicht aber auf Grund des Beweises nach ihm benannt.
  • John Wilson est un mathématicien britannique qui redécouvre ce qu'il croyait être une conjecture et qui porte aujourd'hui son nom : le théorème de Wilson. Ce résultat était en fait connu de Alhazen et Leibniz qui ne l'avait pas publié.
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  • John Wilson (mathématicien)
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