Webster Wells

Who was Webster Wells?

Webster Wells was a United States mathematician known primarily for his authorship of a series of mathematical textbooks. Wells graduated in 1873 at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he was an instructor from 1873 to 1880, and later became successively an assistant professor, an associate professor, and a full professor of mathematics.

Wells' textbooks were used in many schools and colleges in the United States. Among the titles were:

Logarithms

University Algebra

Plane and Spherical Trigonometry

Plane and Solid Geometry

Higher Algebra

College Algebra

Academic Arithmetic

Complete Trigonometry