Augustus De Morgan

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Augustus De Morgan was a 19th-century British mathematician and logician known for formulating De Morgan's laws and contributing foundational work to symbolic logic.

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instanceOf human
logician
mathematician
university teacher
academicDegree Bachelor of Arts
birthDate 1806-06-27
birthPlace British India
Madras Presidency
Madurai
child William De Morgan
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
deathDate 1871-03-18
deathPlace London, England
surface form: London

United Kingdom
describedBySource Encyclopaedia Britannica
surface form: Encyclopædia Britannica
educatedAt Trinity College, Cambridge
employer University College London
era 19th century
ethnicGroup English
familyName Augustus De Morgan self-linksurface differs
surface form: De Morgan
fieldOfWork algebra
logic
mathematics
probability theory
givenName Augustus
hasConceptNamedAfter De Morgan's laws
influenced Charles Sanders Peirce
George Boole
modern mathematical logic
influencedBy George Boole
knownFor De Morgan's laws
algebraic logic
history of mathematics
symbolic logic
work on the foundations of arithmetic
languageOfWorkOrName English
memberOf London Mathematical Society
name Augustus De Morgan self-link
notableWork A Budget of Paradoxes
Elements of Arithmetic
Formal Logic
Trigonometry and Double Algebra
positionHeld Professor of Mathematics at University College London
first president of the London Mathematical Society
religiousBelief Unitarianism
spouse Sophia Elizabeth De Morgan
workLocation London, England
surface form: London

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Mary Everest Boole influencedBy Augustus De Morgan
De Morgan Medal namedAfter Augustus De Morgan
London Mathematical Society foundedBy Augustus De Morgan
Charles Sanders Peirce influencedBy Augustus De Morgan
Augustus De Morgan name Augustus De Morgan self-link
Augustus De Morgan familyName Augustus De Morgan self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: De Morgan
William De Morgan familyName Augustus De Morgan
this entity surface form: De Morgan
William De Morgan father Augustus De Morgan
LMS foundedBy Augustus De Morgan
subject surface form: London Mathematical Society
Jacques de Morgan hasFamilyName Augustus De Morgan
this entity surface form: de Morgan