Mary Everest Boole

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educator human mathematician writer

Mary Everest Boole was a British mathematician and educator known for her innovative, child-centered methods of teaching mathematics and for popularizing mathematical ideas through accessible writings.

Aliases (1)

Boole ×1

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	educator → human → mathematician → writer →
birthName	Mary Everest →
centuryOfActivity	19th century → early 20th century →
countryOfCitizenship	United Kingdom →
dateOfBirth	1832-03-11 →
dateOfDeath	1916-05-17 →
employer	Queen's College, London →
familyName	Boole →
father	Thomas Roupell Everest →
fieldOfWork	mathematics → mathematics education →
gender	female →
givenName	Mary →
hasChild	Alicia Boole Stott → Ethel Lilian Voynich → Lucy Everest Boole → Margaret Boole → Mary Ellen Boole →
influenced	conceptual approaches to teaching algebra and logic → development of modern mathematics education → use of manipulatives in mathematics teaching →
influencedBy	Augustus De Morgan → George Boole →
knownFor	innovative child-centered methods of teaching mathematics → pedagogical use of mathematical games and activities → popularizing mathematical ideas through accessible writings → use of curve stitching and string art in teaching geometry →
languageOfWorkOrName	English →
maritalStatus	widow →
mother	Mary Ryall →
movement	progressive education →
name	Mary Everest Boole →
nationality	British →
notableRelative	George Everest →
notableWork	Lectures on the Logic of Arithmetic → Logic Taught by Love → Philosophy and Fun of Algebra → The Preparation of the Child for Science →
occupation	author → educator → mathematician →
placeOfBirth	Wickwar, Gloucestershire, England →
placeOfDeath	London, England →
positionHeld	informal mathematics teacher at Queen's College, London → librarian at Queen's College, London →
relative	George Everest →
religion	Anglicanism →
spouse	George Boole →

Referenced by (16)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Lectures on the Logic of Arithmetic → Logic Taught by Love → Philosophy and Fun of Algebra → The Preparation of the Child for Science →	author
Thomas Roupell Everest →	child
Lectures on the Logic of Arithmetic →	contributor
Alicia Boole Stott →	educatedBy
Ethel Lilian Voynich ("Boole") →	familyName
Thomas Roupell Everest →	fatherOf
Alicia Boole Stott →	hasNotableRelative
Alicia Boole Stott →	influencedBy
Alicia Boole Stott →	mother
Mary Everest Boole →	name
Thomas Roupell Everest →	notableRelative
George Boole →	spouse
Logic Taught by Love →	workOf