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John Venn

1834 - 1923

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John Venn, FRS, FSA (4 August 1834 – 4 April 1923) was an English mathematician, logician and philosopher noted for introducing Venn diagrams, which are used in logic, set theory, probability, statistics, and computer science. In 1866, Venn published The Logic of Chance, a groundbreaking book which espoused the frequency theory of probability, arguing that probability should be determined by how often something is forecast to occur as opposed to "educated" assumptions. Venn then further developed George Boole's theories in the 1881 work Symbolic Logic, where he highlighted what would become known as Venn diagrams. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John Venn is the 152nd most popular philosopher (down from 123rd in 2019), the 279th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 152nd in 2019) and the 13th most popular British Philosopher.

John Venn is most famous for his diagrams of logical relationships between sets, which are called Venn diagrams.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, John Venn ranks 152 out of 1,267. Before him are Chrysippus, Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten, Isocrates, Proclus, Buddhaghosa, and Emanuel Swedenborg. After him are Han Fei, Louis Althusser, Friedrich Schleiermacher, György Lukács, Clement of Alexandria, and Max Stirner.

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Among people born in 1834, John Venn ranks 6. Before him are Dmitri Mendeleev, Edgar Degas, Gottlieb Daimler, Ernst Haeckel, and James Abbott McNeill Whistler. After him are Duchess Helene in Bavaria, Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi, William Morris, Samuel Pierpont Langley, Léon Walras, and Carl Bloch. Among people deceased in 1923, John Venn ranks 9. Before him are Sarah Bernhardt, Vilfredo Pareto, Johannes Diderik van der Waals, Princess Helena of the United Kingdom, Jaroslav Hašek, and Constantine I of Greece. After him are Warren G. Harding, Pancho Villa, Ernest Augustus, Crown Prince of Hanover, Edward W. Morley, Joaquín Sorolla, and Édouard Stephan.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Venn ranks 279 out of 8,785. Before him are William Adams (1564), Robert the Bruce (1274), Thomas Boleyn, 1st Earl of Wiltshire (1477), Rodney Robert Porter (1917), Owain Glyndŵr (1359), and Gladwyn Jebb (1900). After him are George Boleyn, 2nd Viscount Rochford (1504), Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth (1757), Frederick Soddy (1877), Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex (1964), Judi Dench (1934), and David Gilmour (1946).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In United Kingdom

Among philosophers born in United Kingdom, John Venn ranks 13. Before him are Roger Bacon (1220), Jeremy Bentham (1748), William of Ockham (1285), Joseph Priestley (1733), John Wycliffe (1324), and Duns Scotus (1265). After him are Thomas Reid (1710), Pelagius (360), Thomas Carlyle (1795), William Godwin (1756), Houston Stewart Chamberlain (1855), and G. E. Moore (1873).

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