George Boole

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George Boole is better known as the inventor of symbolic logic

Nov 2, 1815

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Personal Details

  • Birthday: November 2, 1815
  • Died on: December 8, 1864
  • Nationality: British
  • Famous: Logician, Philosophers, Intellectuals & Academics, Philosophers, Mathematicians
  • Spouses: Mary Everest
  • Siblings: Charles, Mary Ann, William
  • Childrens: Alicia Stott, Ethel Lilian, Lucy Everest, Margaret, Mary Ellen

George Boole born at

Lincoln

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Birth Place

George Boole married Mary Everest in 1854. The couple had five daughters.

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Personal Life

Boole passed away December 8, 1864, due to pneumonia.

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Boolean algebra and the crater Boole on the Moon are named after George Boole.

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Personal Life

George Boole was born in Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England, on 2 November 1815. His parents were John Boole, a shoemaker, and Mary Ann Joyce. He had three younger siblings.

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Childhood & Early Life

He received his early education in a primary school and was also tutored in mathematics by his father. An intelligent boy, he did not get any higher education but was largely self-taught in mathematics and modern languages.

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Due to dire family circumstances he was forced to become the family’s breadwinner at the age of 16 and took up a junior teaching position in Doncasterat Heigham's School. He also taught at some other schools.

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During this period he furthered his mathematical knowledge by participating in the local Mechanics Institute, the Lincoln Mechanics' Institution. There he was given the calculus text of Sylvestre François Lacroix by the Rev. George Stevens Dickson of St Swithin's, Lincoln. He studied calculus by himself for years and eventually mastered it.

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An extremely hard working young man, he established his own school in Lincoln when he was 19. Four years later, he took over Hall's Academy in Waddington, outside Lincoln.

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In 1839, he submitted several papers like 'Researches on the Theory of Analytical Transformations' to the 'Cambridge Mathematical Journal'. These papers discussed differential equations and algebraic problem of linear transformation by emphasizing the idea of invariance linear transformation by emphasizing the idea of invariance.

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In 1840, he returned to Lincoln to operate a boarding school. He discovered Invariant Theory, a new branch of mathematics the next year. This particular mathematical theory was a source of inspiration for Einstein.

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George Boole was awarded the Keith Medal by the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1855.

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Awards & Achievements

In 1857, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS).

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He is also the recipient of honorary degrees of LL.D. from the University of Dublin and the University of Oxford.

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