James Joseph Sylvester: References & Edit History
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Karen Hunger Parshall, James Joseph Sylvester: Life and Work in Letters (1998), draws on Sylvester’s private correspondence to portray his life.
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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
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| Anniversary information added. | Mar 11, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Aug 30, 2025 | ||
| First paragraph modernization. | Apr 10, 2024 | ||
| Invalidated site: Collected papers. | Mar 03, 2017 | ||
| Added new Web site: MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive - Biography of James Joseph Sylvester. |
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Nov 29, 2006 | |
| Article revised. | Sep 27, 2002 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |
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