Theodore Strong

Theodore Strong (July 26, 1790 – February 1, 1869) was an American mathematician.

Strong was born in South Hadley, Mass., July 26, 1790. His father was Rev. Joseph Strong, son of Rev. Joseph Strong, of Granby, Ct. and Williamsburg, Mass. His mother was Sophia, daughter of Rev. John Woodbridge of South Hadley. He graduated from Yale College in 1812. On graduation he was appointed Tutor in Mathematics in Hamilton College, then just organized, and in 1816 he was made Professor of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy, and so remained until 1827, when he was called to a similar position in Rutgers College, New Brunswick, N. J., where he also served as the college's longtime vice president. Strong was elected an Associate Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1832. He retired from Rutgers in 1863.

Strong resided in New Brunswick until his death, which took place, Feb. 1, 1869. Dr. Strong married Miss Lucy Dix of Massachusetts, who, with one son and two daughters, survived him. He published various mathematical papers in the first series of Silliman's Journal, and an Algebra of high order in 1859. A Treatise on the Differential and Integral Calculus was in press at the time of his death. He received the degree of Doctor of Laws from Rutgers College in 1835. He was one of fifty charter members of the National Academy of Sciences, to which he was formally named in 1863, shortly after the death of a son, Theodore Strong Jr., in Virginia while serving with the Union army. Strong was also an associate of many other scientific bodies.