John Wilson (mathematician)

Short description: English mathematician (1741–1793)

For other people named John Wilson, see John Wilson (disambiguation).

John Wilson

Born| (1741-08-06)6 August 1741

Applethwaite, Westmorland

Died| 18 October 1793(1793-10-18) (aged 52)

Kendal, Westmorland

Nationality| British

John Wilson (6 August 1741, Applethwaite, Westmorland - 18 October 1793, Kendal, Westmorland)[1] was an England mathematician. Wilson's theorem is named after him.

Wilson attended school in Staveley, Cumbria before going up to Peterhouse, Cambridge in 1757,[2] where he was a student of Edward Waring. He was Senior Wrangler in 1761.[2] 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.

## See also

* Wilson prime

## Notes

1. ↑ Robinson (2003), p. 50.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Wilson, John (WL757J)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge. http://venn.lib.cam.ac.uk/cgi-bin/search-2018.pl?sur=&suro=w&fir=&firo=c&cit=&cito=c&c=all&z=all&tex=WL757J&sye=&eye=&col=all&maxcount=50.

## References

* C. M. Neale (1907) The Senior Wranglers of the University of Cambridge. Available online
* Robinson, Derek John Scott. An introduction to abstract algebra. 2003. Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 978-3-11-017544-8

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