James Joseph Sylvester
Scientist
James Joseph Sylvester FRS (3 September 1814 – 15 March 1897) was an English mathematician. He made fundamental contributions to matrix theory, invariant theory, number theory, partition theory and combinatorics. He played a leadership role in American mathematics in the later half of the 19th century as a professor at the Johns Hopkins University and as founder of the American Journal of Mathematics. At his death, he was professor at Oxford.
Personal facts
| Birth date | September 03, 1814 |
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| Date of death | March 15, 1897 |
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| Place of death | England , London , Oxford , Oxfordshire |
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| Education | St John's College Cambridge |
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| Known for | Sylvester's law of inertia Sylvester's determinant theorem |
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