Noun
United States mathematician and astronomer remembered for his studies of Uranus and Saturn and Neptune (1809-1880)
Source: WordNetThe American astronomer Benjamin Peirce seems to have adopted that terminology and to have been one of its promoters. Source: Internet
Waltershausen Benjamin Peirce (1809–1880) called mathematics "the science that draws necessary conclusions". Source: Internet
With Benjamin Peirce Agassiz found that his palaeontological labors made necessary a new basis of ichthyological classification. Source: Internet