Was he a Square?

[BigGlenntheHeavy]

Augustus de Morgan, a mathematician, who died in 1871, used to boast that he was x years old in the year x^2.

In what year was he born?

After thought: I myself weigh a little under a stone squared. What's my weight?

 

[Deleted member 4993]

de Morgan died at the age of 65.

However, your weight confuses me:

1 stone = 6.35029318 * 9.81 N <<<< Corrected

Your weight cannot be "stone squared" - that's like having height in mm[sup:ldh4fng3]2[/sup:ldh4fng3]

 

[BigGlenntheHeavy]

My weight here on Earth, not my mass.

one stone = 14lbs. 14^2 = ?

 

[TchrWill]

Since 43^2 = 1849 is the nearest square below 1871, he would have been born in 1806.