Category:James Stirling (mathematician)

**James Stirling**
	Scottish mathematician (*1692 – †1770) Methodus differentialis, 1764 Tombe de James Stirling au cimetière de Greyfriars Kirkyard d'Édimbourg
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Name in native language	James Stirling;
Date of birth	11 May 1692; Stirling (Kingdom of Scotland)
Date of death	5 December 1770; Edinburgh (Kingdom of Great Britain)
Place of burial	Greyfriars Kirkyard (55°56′49.2″N 3°11′33.792″W);
Pseudonym	The Venitian;
Country of citizenship	Kingdom of Great Britain;
Educated at	Balliol College (1710–1717);
Occupation	mathematician; director;
Employer	Republic of Venice (1717, –1719); University of Padua (1720–1722); Scots Mining Company (director, 1735–1770);
Member of	Royal Society (renunciation, 1726–1753); Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences (1746–); Edinburgh Philosophical Institution (1738–);
Field of work	combinatorics; number theory;
Father	Archibald Stirling, 3rd of Garden;
Mother	Anna Hamilton;
Sibling	John Stirling, 5th of Garden; Archibald Stirling, 4th of Garden;
Spouse	Barbara Watson;
Notable work	Stirling's approximation; Stirling number;
Award received	Fellow of the Royal Society;
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