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George Boole

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GEORGE BOOLE WAS BORN IN LINCOLNSHIRE ENGLAND IN 1815

AT THE AGE OF 16 BOOLE BECAME THE MAIN PROVIDER FOR HIS FAMILY

BOOLE TOOK AN ASSISTANT TEACHER ROLE IN DONCASTER AND LATER ON IN LIVERPOOL

BOOLE COULDNT PROVIDE ENOUGH FOR HIS FAMILY SO HE OPENED UP HIS OWN SCHOOL IN 1833

In 1831 Boole began a programme of self education in mathematics.The first advanced text he tackled was Lacroix Calcul Differentiel in French.

In 1839 Boole moved to Waddington to run Waddington School after his former employee Robert Hall died

In 1840 Boole opened his own boarding school for young gentlemen at Pottergate Lincoln

Boole released a number of different books some of which were An Investigation of the Laws of Thought andA treaty on Differentiel equations.

GEORGE BOOLE DIED ON 8TH DECEMBER 1864 AFTER CATCHING A HIGH FEVER AFTER HE WALKED TO AND FROM HIS UNIVERSITY IN THE RAIN