| Authorised form of name | Peirce; Benjamin (1809 - 1880) |
| Dates | 1809 - 1880 |
| Nationality | American |
| Place of birth | Salem, Massachusetts, USA |
| Date of birth | 04 April 1809 |
| Place of death | Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA |
| Date of death | 06 October 1880 |
| Research field | Mathematics |
| Astronomy |
| Membership category | Foreign Member |
| Date of election | 25/11/1852 |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DAB; DSB |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/39679889 |
| Code | NA5733 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| EC/1852/19 | Peirce, Benjamin: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| MC/5/73 | Letter from Benjamin Peirce, Harvard University, to Captain W H [William Henry] Smyth, [Foreign Secretary of the Royal Society] | 20 December 1852 |
| MC/5 | Volume 5 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1851-1858 |