The following pioneers were involved in mathematics
Sir Jonas Moore (1617 - 1679),
born in Higher Whitelee, near Nelson; mathematician and a copyholder of the Honour of Clitheroe; surveyor of the Fens and map maker.
vicar of Fleetwood; his findings on the computation of tides are still used today.
Sir Arthur Schuster (1851 - 1934),
born in Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany, naturalized as a British citizen in 1875; a mathematical physicist and x-ray pioneer; first practical, portable, diagnostic use of x-ray performed at Nelson.
