James Stirling (April 22, 1692–December 5, 1770) was an important Scottish mathematician. He was educated at Balliol College, Oxford.

See also: Stirling numbers, Stirling's formula and other James Stirlings.

External link

• On Stirling at University of St Andrews' pages: http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Stirling.html