| George Boole FRS | … |
|---|---|
| Portrait of Boole, from The Illustrated London News, 21 January 1865 | … |
| Born | 2 November 1815 Lincoln, England |
| Died | 8 December 1864 (aged 49) Ballintemple, Cork, Ireland |
| Known for | • Boolean algebra • Boole’s expansion theorem • Boolean function • Boole’s inequality • Boolean polynomials • Boolean ring • Boole’s rule • Abstract algebraic logic • Invariant theory • Wholistic reference |
| Spouse | Mary Everest (m. 1855) |
| Awards | • Royal Medal (1844) • Keith Medal (1855–1857) • FRS (1857) |
| Education | … |
| Education | Bainbridge’s Commercial Academy1 |
| Philosophical work | … |
| Era | 19th-century philosophy |
| Discipline | Mathematics |
| Region | Western philosophy |
| School | British algebraic logic2 |
| Institutions | • Lincoln Mechanics’ Institute 3 • Free School Lane, Lincoln • Queen’s University, Cork |
| Main interests | Mathematics, logic, philosophy of mathematics |
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Footnotes
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O’Connor, John J.; Robertson, Edmund F., “George Boole”, MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive, University of St Andrews ↩
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Ivor Grattan-Guinness (ed.), Companion Encyclopedia of the History and Philosophy of the Mathematical Sciences, Routledge, 2002, ch. 5.1. ↩
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Hill, p. 149; Google Books Archived 17 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine. ↩