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George Boole

1815 - 1864

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George Boole ( BOOL; 2 November 1815 – 8 December 1864) was a largely self-taught English mathematician, philosopher and logician, most of whose short career was spent as the first professor of mathematics at Queen's College, Cork in Ireland. He worked in the fields of differential equations and algebraic logic, and is best known as the author of The Laws of Thought (1854), which contains Boolean algebra. Boolean logic, essential to computer programming, is credited with helping to lay the foundations for the Information Age. Boole was the son of a shoemaker. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. George Boole is the 50th most popular mathematician (down from 42nd in 2019), the 261st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 172nd in 2019) and the 4th most popular British Mathematician.

George Boole is most famous for inventing Boolean algebra.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, George Boole ranks 50 out of 1,004. Before him are Maria Gaetana Agnesi, Al-Battani, Gottlob Frege, Niccolò Fontana Tartaglia, Urbain Le Verrier, and Emmy Noether. After him are Abraham de Moivre, Archytas, August Ferdinand Möbius, Josef Stefan, Sophie Germain, and Friedrich Bessel.

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Among people born in 1815, George Boole ranks 6. Before him are Otto von Bismarck, Ada Lovelace, John Bosco, Otto of Greece, and John A. Macdonald. After him are Karl Weierstrass, Adolph Menzel, Johann Jakob Bachofen, Thomas Couture, Louis-Jules Trochu, and Ildefons Cerdà. Among people deceased in 1864, George Boole ranks 1. After him are Maximilian II of Bavaria, Ferdinand Lassalle, Giacomo Meyerbeer, Benoît Paul Émile Clapeyron, Vuk Karadžić, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Cheoljong of Joseon, Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve, Princess Charlotte of Denmark, Hong Xiuquan, and J. E. B. Stuart.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, George Boole ranks 261 out of 8,785. Before him are James Hunt (1947), John Snow (1813), Cary Grant (1904), Thomas Babington Macaulay (1800), Ozzy Osbourne (1948), and Randal Cremer (1828). After him are Leslie Howard (1893), John Boyd Orr (1880), Phil Collins (1951), Elizabeth of York (1466), Mary Mallon (1869), and Princess Alice of the United Kingdom (1843).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In United Kingdom

Among mathematicians born in United Kingdom, George Boole ranks 4. Before him are Ada Lovelace (1815), Bertrand Russell (1872), and John Napier (1550). After him are Alfred North Whitehead (1861), John Couch Adams (1819), Thomas Harriot (1560), Frank P. Ramsey (1903), Joan Clarke (1917), John Wallis (1616), George Green (1793), and William Oughtred (1574).

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