Excerpt from Benjamin Peirce, 1809-1880: Biographical Sketch and Bibliography This monograph was originally published in the American Mathematical Monthly, January, 1925. The Mathematical Association of America issues it in separate form, with four new portraits and additional notes, so as to meet the needs of libraries and individuals throughout the world, interested in the out standing figure in American Mathematics during the first three quarters of the nineteenth century. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.