George Boole

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George Boole ( BOOL; 2 November 1815 – 8 December 1864) was an English mathematician and philosopher often credited with revolutionizing logic by transforming it from a philosophical study of language into a mathematical system of algebraic equations using binary values and logical operators. Boole was the son of a shoemaker. He received a primary school education and learned Latin and modern languages through various means. At 16, he began teaching to support his family. He established his own school at 19 and later ran a boarding school in Lincoln. Boole was an active member of local societies and collaborated with fellow mathematicians. In 1849, he was appointed the first professor of mathematics at Queen’s College, Cork (now University College Cork) in Ireland, where he worked predominantly in the fields of differential equations and algebraic logic. He continued his involvement in social causes and maintained connections with Lincoln. In 1864, Boole died due to fever-induced pleural...

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