Augustus DeMorgan
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Augustus DeMorgan
BY: BRANT-DAVID COLLINS, MICHAEL FARLEY, & CALEB JACOBS
AUGUSTUS DE MORGAN WAS FAMOUS FOR HIS INGENIOUS DE MORGAN'S LAWS AND THE CREATION OF MATHEMATICAL INDUCTION.
DE MORGAN
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BORN: JUNE 27,1806 PARENTS: AUGUSTUS DE MORGAN, ELIZABETH DODSON CHILDREN: WILLIAM AND MARY DE MORGAN
FAMILY LIFE/CHILDHOOD
BORN IN INDIA, RAISED IN ENGLAND. BECAME BLIND IN ONE EYE AT 1 MONTH OLD. FATHER DIED AT 10.
CHILDHOOD CONT.
HIS EARLY EDUCATION CONSISTED OF PRIVATE SCHOOLS, AND AT 16 HE ENTERED THE TRINITY COLLGE AT CAMBRIDGE.
EDUCATION & TRAINING
IN 1827 HE GRADUATED COLLEGE, AND 1 YEAR LATER HE WAS AWARDED THE POSITION OF FIRST PROFESSOR OF MATHEMATICS AT UNIVERSITY COLLEGE IN LONDON.
EDUCATION CONT.
DE MORGAN PREPARED AN ALMANAC OF ALL THE FULL MOONS FROM 2000 BCE TO 2000 AD
IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTIONS
HE FOUNDED THE LONDON MATHEMATICAL SOCIETY AND WAS ITS FIRST PRESIDENT
IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTIONS
HE WROTE MANY BOOKS AND ARTICLES ON BOTH MATHEMATICS AND LOGIC, AS WELL AS A WIDE VARIETY OF OTHER SUBJECTS.
ASSEMBLED A LARGE PERSONAL LIBRARY OF OVER 3000 BOOKS, A CONSIDERABLE FEAT, FOR HE WAS NEVER WEALTHY.
SOME OF THE MOST FREQUENTLY APPLIED IN THE MODERN PROOF THEORY AND ARE WIDELY USED IN SOFTWARE PROGRAMMING AS WELL.
DE MORGAN'S LAWS
HIS CONTRIBUTIONS BOTH IN THE FIELD OF LOGIC AND MATHEMATICS ENRICH ARE LIVE ON A DAILY BASIS
BIBLIOGRAPHY
HTTP://WWW.DEMORGAN.COM/DEMORGAN.HTM
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