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James Stirling (mathematician) James Stirling (11 May O.S. 1692, Garden, Stirlingshire – 5 December 1770, Edinburgh) was a Scottish mathematician. He was nicknamed "The Venetian". The Stirling numbers, Stirling permutations, and Stirling's approximation are named after h ...

(1692–1770), Scottish mathematician *

Sir James Stirling, 1st Baronet Sir James Stirling, 1st Baronet of Larbert and Mansfield (c. 1740 – 17 February 1805) was a Scottish banker who served three consecutive terms as Lord Provost of Edinburgh. Life He was born in Edinburgh in 1740 or early in 1741, the son of A ...

(c.1740–1805), Scottish banker and lord provost of Edinburgh *Sir

James Stirling (Royal Navy officer) James Stirling may refer to: * James Stirling (mathematician) (1692–1770), Scottish mathematician * Sir James Stirling, 1st Baronet (c.1740–1805), Scottish banker and lord provost of Edinburgh *Sir James Stirling (Royal Navy officer) (1791–1 ...

(1791–1865), British admiral and Governor of Western Australia *

James Stirling (engineer, born 1799) James Stirling (3 March 1799, Methven – 10 January 1876, Edinburgh) was a Scottish engineer, and brother of Robert Stirling. He originally specialised railway engines and later in dock gates and weirs Life He was born at Cloag Farm ...

(1799–1876), Scottish engineer *

James Hutchison Stirling James Hutchison Stirling (22 June 1820 – 19 March 1909) was a Scottish idealist philosopher and physician. His work '' The Secret of Hegel'' (1st edition, 1865, in 2 vols.; revised edition, 1898, in 1 vol.) gave great impetus to the study of ...

(1820–1909), Scottish philosopher *

James Stirling (engineer, born 1835) James Stirling (1835–1917) was a Scottish mechanical engineer. He was Locomotive Superintendent of the Glasgow and South Western Railway and later the South Eastern Railway (UK), South Eastern Railway. Stirling was born on 2 October 1835, ...

(1835–1917), Scottish locomotive engineer *Sir

James Stirling (judge) Sir James Stirling, FRS (3 May 1836 – 27 June 1916) was a British barrister, judge, and amateur scientist. In his youth he demonstrated exceptional ability in mathematics, becoming Senior Wrangler at Cambridge in 1860, regarded at the time ...

(1836–1916), British jurist *

James Stirling (botanist) James Stirling (born 1852 in Geelong – died 1909) was an Australian botanist and geologist. References 1852 births 1909 deaths 19th-century Australian botanists 19th-century Australian geologists 20th-century Australian botanists ...

(1852–1909), Australian botanist and geologist *

James Stirling (1890s footballer) James Stirling was a Scottish professional association footballer who played as an inside forward. He played two matches in the English Football League for Burnley Burnley () is a town and the administrative centre of the wider Borough of B ...

(fl. 1895–1896), Scottish footballer *

Jimmy Stirling James Russell Stirling (23 July 1925 – November 2006) was a Scottish professional football centre half who made over 210 appearances in the Football League for Southend United Southend United Football Club is a professional association foo ...

(1925–2006), Scottish footballer *Sir

James Stirling (architect) Sir James Frazer Stirling (22 April 1926 – 25 June 1992) was a British architect. Stirling worked in partnership with James Gowan from 1956 to 1963, then with Michael Wilford from 1971 until 1992. Early life and education Stirling was bor ...

(1926–1992), architect *Sir

James Stirling of Garden Lieutenant-Colonel Sir James Stirling of Garden, (born 1930) is a retired Scottish army officer and chartered surveyor, who served as Lord Lieutenant of Stirling and Falkirk from 1983 to 2005.

(born 1930), British Army officer, chartered surveyor and Lord Lieutenant of Stirling and Falkirk *

James Stirling (physicist) William James Stirling (4 February 1953 – 9 November 2018) was a physicist who served as the first Provost of Imperial College London. He was appointed to this role in August 2013 and retired in August 2018. Biography He was born in Belfast ...

(1953–2018), British physicist and Provost of Imperial College London

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