George Boole

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academic human logician mathematician philosopher of mathematics

George Boole was a 19th-century English mathematician and logician whose development of Boolean algebra laid the foundations for modern symbolic logic and digital computer circuits.

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Boole 4
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Mary Everest Boole 0
Alicia Boole Stott 0
George Boole's Boolean algebra 1
The Mathematical Analysis of Logic 0

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George Boole self-linksurface differs ⓘ
burialPlace Blackrock, County Cork, Ireland ⓘ
causeOfDeath pneumonia ⓘ
child Alicia Boole Stott ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom ⓘ
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1815-11-02 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1864-12-08 ⓘ
educatedAt self-taught in advanced mathematics ⓘ
employer Queen's College, Cork ⓘ
era 19th century ⓘ
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logic ⓘ
mathematics ⓘ
probability theory ⓘ
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hasHonorificTitle Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) ⓘ
surface form: Fellow of the Royal Society
influenced Claude Shannon ⓘ
digital electronics ⓘ
modern computer science ⓘ
influencedBy Aristotle ⓘ
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz ⓘ
Isaac Newton ⓘ
knownFor Boolean algebra ⓘ
algebraic logic ⓘ
foundations of digital circuit theory ⓘ
symbolic logic ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
nativeLanguage English ⓘ
notableIdea algebraic treatment of logic ⓘ
use of binary variables in logic ⓘ
notableWork An Investigation of the Laws of Thought ⓘ
The Mathematical Analysis of Logic ⓘ
placeOfBirth Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England ⓘ
placeOfDeath Ballintemple, County Cork, Ireland ⓘ
positionHeld Professor of Mathematics at Queen's College, Cork ⓘ
publicationDate 1847 ⓘ
1854 ⓘ
religion Unitarianism ⓘ
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Mary Everest Boole ⓘ
workLocation Ireland ⓘ
surface form: Cork, Ireland

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