John Philpot Curran, born in Dublin, Ireland, was a professor of mathematics at Harvard from 1852 to 1881. He wrote a textbook which was widely used for over 60 years and he also published several papers on differential equations. In 1885 he became the first American to be elected a Foreign Honorary Member of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. He died in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1897.
The price of freedom is eternal vigilance.John Philpot Curran
Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty.John Philpot Curran
The condition upon which God hath given liberty to man is eternal vigilance.John Philpot Curran
His smile is like the silver plate on a coffin.John Philpot Curran
