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Augustus De Morgan
British mathematician and logician (1806–1871)
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- Instance of
- human
- Born
- 27 June 1806
- Died
- 18 March 1871
- Place of birth
- Madurai
- Place of death
- London
- Sex or gender
- male
- Given name
- Augustus
- Family name
- Morgan
- Sibling
- Campbell De Morgan
- Field of work
- mathematical logic, mathematics, algebra, probability theory, algebraic logic, logic, propositional calculus
- Occupation
- mathematician, philosopher, university teacher, lawyer, logician
- Position held
- chairperson
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- contributor to the creative work or subject
- Household Words
- described by source
- Nordisk familjebok, Dictionary of National Biography, 1885–1900, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Encyclopædia Britannica Ninth Edition, New Encyclopedic Dictionary, The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- doctoral advisor
- George Peacock, William Whewell
- doctoral student
- Edward Routh, Renoir
- educated at
- Trinity College, Lincoln's Inn
- influenced by
- George Boole
- languages spoken, written or signed
- English
- notable work
- A Budget of Paradoxes, Formal Logic; or, the Calculus of Inference, Necessary and Probable, De Morgan's laws
- place of burial
- Kensal Green Cemetery
- student
- Ada Lovelace
- topic's main category
- Category:Augustus De Morgan
- writing language
- English
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