James Whitbread Lee Glaisher (1848–1928)
Born 1848 CE, died 1928 CE.
James Whitbread Lee Glaisher (5 November 1848, in Lewisham — 7 December 1928, in Cambridge) was a prominent English mathematician and astronomer. He is known for Glaisher's theorem, an important result in the field of integer partitions, and for the Glaisher–Kinkelin constant, a number important in both mathematics and physics. He was a passionate collector of English ceramics and valentines, much of which he bequeathed to the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge.
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