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James Wilkinson

You might want James H. Wilkinson, the mathematician and computer scientist.

James Wilkinson (1757-1825) was a controversial general in the United States Army, who rose to be senior general despite many questionable incidents. Historian Robert Leckie characterized him as "a general who never won a battle or lost a court-martial."


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