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Born |
Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. | September 4, 1851
Died | May 23, 1916
Arlington, Massachusetts, U.S. | (aged 64)
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Mathematics |
Institutions | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
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Webster Wells (1851–1916) was an American mathematician known primarily for his authorship of mathematical textbooks.
Wells was born in Roxbury, Massachusetts (now a part of Boston) on September 4, 1851. [1] His parents, Thomas Foster Wells (1822–1903) and Sarah Morrill Wells (1828–1897), initially named him Thomas Wells, but presumably after the death of the statesman Daniel Webster in 1852, renamed him Daniel Webster Wells, [2] and from at least 1860, he was known as Webster Wells. [3] Samuel Adams, the Boston brewer and patriot, was a great-great-grandfather, and the poets Thomas Wells (1790–1861) and Anna Maria (Foster) Wells (1795–1868) were grandparents. The architect Joseph Morrill Wells was his brother.
Beginning in 1863, Wells studied at the West Newton English and Classical School (aka the Allen School) in West Newton, Massachusetts, and then attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology, from which he graduated in 1873 with a Bachelor of Science degree. Wells taught mathematics at MIT, where he was successively instructor (1873–1880), assistant professor (1883), associate professor (1885), and full professor (1893–1911). [4]
Webster Wells married Emily Walker Langdon in Boston on June 21, 1876. [5]
Wells died in Arlington, Massachusetts, on May 23, 1916, from complications of Huntington's Chorea. [6] He was buried in Oak Grove Cemetery in Medford, Massachusetts.
Wells' textbooks were used in many schools and colleges in the United States. Among the many titles were:
Webster Wells | |
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Born |
Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. | September 4, 1851
Died | May 23, 1916
Arlington, Massachusetts, U.S. | (aged 64)
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Mathematics |
Institutions | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
Signature | |
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Webster Wells (1851–1916) was an American mathematician known primarily for his authorship of mathematical textbooks.
Wells was born in Roxbury, Massachusetts (now a part of Boston) on September 4, 1851. [1] His parents, Thomas Foster Wells (1822–1903) and Sarah Morrill Wells (1828–1897), initially named him Thomas Wells, but presumably after the death of the statesman Daniel Webster in 1852, renamed him Daniel Webster Wells, [2] and from at least 1860, he was known as Webster Wells. [3] Samuel Adams, the Boston brewer and patriot, was a great-great-grandfather, and the poets Thomas Wells (1790–1861) and Anna Maria (Foster) Wells (1795–1868) were grandparents. The architect Joseph Morrill Wells was his brother.
Beginning in 1863, Wells studied at the West Newton English and Classical School (aka the Allen School) in West Newton, Massachusetts, and then attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology, from which he graduated in 1873 with a Bachelor of Science degree. Wells taught mathematics at MIT, where he was successively instructor (1873–1880), assistant professor (1883), associate professor (1885), and full professor (1893–1911). [4]
Webster Wells married Emily Walker Langdon in Boston on June 21, 1876. [5]
Wells died in Arlington, Massachusetts, on May 23, 1916, from complications of Huntington's Chorea. [6] He was buried in Oak Grove Cemetery in Medford, Massachusetts.
Wells' textbooks were used in many schools and colleges in the United States. Among the many titles were: