John Blissard

John Blissard (1803 in Northampton, England – 1875) was a Church of England vicar and the father of mathematician and Church of England vicar John Charles Blissard who introduced the umbral calculus. The father earned his B.A at Cambridge and served for decades as vicar of St. Mary the Virgin Church in Berks at Hampstead-Norreys. The son earned his M.A. at Cambridge and served for decades as vicar in Warwick at St Augustine's Church, Edgbaston.

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