Wednesday, February 2, 2011

George Boole


George Boole was born on November 2, 1815 in Lincolnshire, England.  He died on December 8, 1964 in County Cork, Ireland because a high fever.  George Boole is well known for the being the inventor of Boolean Algebra.  Boole’s acquaintance with general literature was wide and deep.  His favorite poet was Dante.  He preferred the Paradiso to the Inferno. Aristotle, Spinoza, and others were also centered as his favorites.  He was marked a true genius, and his life was given to the single-minded pursuit of truth. He received an honorary degree of LL.D. from the University of Dublin. 
He is important to research because of his contributions to mathematics.
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