Chamberlain, Robert (1632?–1696), merchant and mathematician
in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
September 2004; p ublished online September 2004 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Manufacturing; History of Manufacturing and Construction; Mathematics. 426 words.
Chamberlain, Robert (1632
Fuller, Thomas
in American National Biography Online
January 1999; p ublished online February 2000 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Manufacturing; History of Manufacturing and Construction; Mathematics. 394 words.
Fuller, Thomas (1710–1790), calculator, was born in West Africa. Nothing is known of his parents or other family. At the age of fourteen he was brought as a slave to British North America...
Green, George (1793–1841), mathematical physicist and miller
in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
September 2004; p ublished online September 2004 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Manufacturing; History of Manufacturing and Construction; Mathematics. 1964 words.
Green, George (1793–1841), mathematical physicist and miller, was born on 14 July 1793, probably at Wheatsheaf Yard, Nottingham, the eldest child and only son of George Green (1758–1829),...
Ivory, James (1765–1842), mathematician and mill manager
in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
September 2004; p ublished online September 2004 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Mathematics; Manufacturing; History of Manufacturing and Construction. 869 words.
Ivory, James (1765–1842), mathematician and mill manager, born in Dundee, on 17 February 1765, was the eldest son of James Ivory, watchmaker. At the age of fourteen he matriculated at St...
Smith, James (1805–1872), merchant and mathematician
in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
September 2004; p ublished online September 2004 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Manufacturing; History of Manufacturing and Construction; Mathematics. 469 words.
Smith, James (1805–1872), merchant and mathematician, was born in Liverpool on 26 March 1805, the son of Joshua Smith and Esther Bartley. He entered a merchant's office at an early age,...
Stirling, James (1692–1770), mathematician and mine manager
in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
September 2004; p ublished online September 2004 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Mathematics; Manufacturing; History of Manufacturing and Construction. 1312 words.
Stirling, James (1692–1770), mathematician and mine manager, known within his family as the Venetian, was born in May 1692, the third son of Archibald Stirling (1651–1715), of Garden,...
