James Cullen

Mathematician, Deceased Person

1867 – 1933

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Who was James Cullen?

Father James Cullen, S.J. was born at Drogheda, County Louth, Ireland.

He studied mathematics at the Trinity College, Dublin for a while, but eventually turned to theology and was ordained as a Jesuit on 1 July 1901.

In 1905, he taught mathematics at Mount St. Mary's College in Derbyshire and published his finding of what is now known as Cullen numbers in number theory.

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Born
Apr 19, 1867
Drogheda
Profession
Education
  • Trinity College, Dublin
Died
Dec 7, 1933

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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