John Wilson (English judge)

For the Scottish mathematician (1847–1896), see John Wilson (Scottish mathematician).

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

John Wilson
Born	(1741-08-06)6 August 1741 Applethwaite, Westmorland, England
Died	18 October 1793(1793-10-18) (aged 52) Kendal, Westmorland, England
Nationality	British

Sir John Wilson (6 August 1741, Applethwaite, Westmorland – 18 October 1793, Kendal, Westmorland)[1] was an English mathematician and judge. 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. "Wilson, John (WL757J)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.

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