John Venn
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John Venn was an English logician and philosopher best known for introducing Venn diagrams, which visually represent logical and set-theoretic relationships.
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| instanceOf |
human
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logician → mathematician → philosopher → |
| awardReceived |
Fellow of the Royal Society
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| centuryOfActivity |
19th century
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20th century → |
| clergyStatus |
Anglican priest
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| countryOfCitizenship |
United Kingdom
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United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland → |
| dateOfBirth |
1834-08-04
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| dateOfDeath |
1923-04-04
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| describedVennDiagramsIn |
Symbolic Logic
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| educatedAt |
Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge
NERFINISHED
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University of Cambridge NERFINISHED → |
| employer |
Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge
NERFINISHED
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University of Cambridge NERFINISHED → |
| ethnicGroup |
English
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| familyName |
Venn
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| father |
Henry Venn
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| fieldOfWork |
logic
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philosophy → probability theory → set theory → |
| givenName |
John
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| hasRepresentation |
Venn diagram named after him
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| knownFor |
introducing Venn diagrams
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work on logic → work on probability → |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
English
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| memberOf |
Royal Society
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| name |
John Venn
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| notableWork |
Symbolic Logic
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The Logic of Chance → The Principles of Empirical or Inductive Logic → Venn diagram → |
| occupation |
logician
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mathematician → philosopher → priest → |
| placeOfBirth |
England
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Kingston upon Hull → Yorkshire → |
| placeOfDeath |
Cambridge
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Cambridgeshire → England → |
| positionHeld |
fellow of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge
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lecturer in moral science at the University of Cambridge → |
| religion |
Anglicanism
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| sexOrGender |
male
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Referenced by (5)
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Ascension Parish Burial Ground, Cambridge
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Clapham Sect
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Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge
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A Treatise on Probability
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influencedBy |
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John Venn
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name |