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Morris Birkbeck Pell (31 March 1827, Albion, Illinois, United States of America — 7 May 1879, Glebe, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia) was an American-Australian mathematician.[1] His maternal grandfather was Morris Birkbeck (1764-1825), an English social reformer who had founded the prairie settlement of Albion, Illinois in 1817.

In 1852 Pell was chosen from twenty-six candidates as the first professor of mathematics and natural philosophy in the now Faculty of Science at the University of Sydney.[1] He was one of the University's three foundation professors.[2]

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  1. ^ a b http://adbonline.anu.edu.au/biogs/A050475b.htm
  2. ^ http://www.maths.usyd.edu.au/u/About/

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