Artemas Martin
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Artemas Martin | |
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| Born | August 3, 1835 |
| Died | November 7, 1918 (aged 83) Washington, DC, U.S. |
| Awards | Honorary Degrees |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics, puzzles, diophantine analysis |
| Institutions | U.S. Coast Survey |
Artemas Martin (August 3, 1835 – November 7, 1918) was a self-educated American mathematician.[1]
Martin was born on August 3, 1835, in Steuben County, New York, grew up in Venango County, Pennsylvania, and spent most of his life in Erie County, Pennsylvania. He was home-schooled until the age of 14, when he began studying mathematics at the local school, later moving to the Franklin Select School a few miles away and then to the Franklin Academy, finishing his formal education at age approximately 20. He worked as a farmer, oil driller, and schoolteacher. In 1881, he declined an invitation to become a professor of mathematics at the Normal School in Missouri. In 1885, he became the librarian for the Survey Office of the United States Coast Guard,[2][3][4][5] and in 1898 he became a computer in the Division of Tides.[4] He died on November 7, 1918.[4]
