John Venn

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human logician mathematician philosopher

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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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	human ⓘ logician ⓘ mathematician ⓘ philosopher ⓘ
awardReceived	Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) ⓘ surface form: Fellow of the Royal Society
centuryOfActivity	19th century ⓘ 20th century ⓘ
clergyStatus	Anglican priest ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United Kingdom ⓘ United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1834-08-04 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1923-04-04 ⓘ
describedVennDiagramsIn	Symbolic Logic ⓘ
educatedAt	Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge ⓘ Cambridge University ⓘ surface form: University of Cambridge
employer	Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge ⓘ Cambridge University ⓘ surface form: University of Cambridge
ethnicGroup	English ⓘ
familyName	Venn ⓘ
father	Henry Venn ⓘ
fieldOfWork	logic ⓘ philosophy ⓘ probability theory ⓘ set theory ⓘ
givenName	John ⓘ
hasRepresentation	Venn diagram named after him ⓘ
knownFor	introducing Venn diagrams ⓘ work on logic ⓘ work on probability ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
memberOf	Royal Society ⓘ
name	John Venn self-link ⓘ
notableWork	Symbolic Logic ⓘ The Logic of Chance ⓘ The Principles of Empirical or Inductive Logic ⓘ Venn diagram ⓘ
occupation	logician ⓘ mathematician ⓘ philosopher ⓘ priest ⓘ
placeOfBirth	England ⓘ Hull ⓘ surface form: Kingston upon Hull Yorkshire ⓘ
placeOfDeath	Cambridge, England ⓘ surface form: Cambridge Cambridgeshire, England ⓘ surface form: Cambridgeshire England ⓘ
positionHeld	fellow of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge ⓘ lecturer in moral science at the University of Cambridge ⓘ
religion	Anglicanism ⓘ
sexOrGender	male ⓘ

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A Treatise on Probability → influencedBy → John Venn ⓘ

Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge → hasNotableAlumnus → John Venn ⓘ

John Venn → name → John Venn self-link ⓘ

Clapham Sect → hasMember → John Venn ⓘ

Ascension Parish Burial Ground, Cambridge → hasGraveOf → John Venn ⓘ

John → name → John Venn ⓘ

subject surface form: John Venn

Venn → hasNotableBearer → John Venn ⓘ

Venn → namedAfter → John Venn ⓘ

subject surface form: Venn diagram

The Logic of Chance → author → John Venn ⓘ

Symbolic Logic → author → John Venn ⓘ

Symbolic Logic → hasAuthor → John Venn ⓘ

The Principles of Empirical or Inductive Logic → author → John Venn ⓘ

John Stuart Mill as logician → influenced → John Venn ⓘ