BOOLE

George ( son of Mr. Boole of Lincoln, tradesman ). b. Lincoln 2 Nov. 1815; opened a school at Lincoln 1835; profe or of mathematics in Queen’s college Cork 1849 to death; public examiner for degrees in Queen’s University of Ireland; LLD. Dublin 1852; Keith medallist of Royal Society of Edinburgh 1857; F.R.S. June 1857, Royal medallist 1844; hon. D.C.L. Oxford 1859; author of Mathematical analysis of logic 1847; Investigation of the laws of thought 1854, a work of astonishing originality and power; Treatise on differential equations 1859, 3 ed. 1872; Treatise on the calculus of finite differences 1860, new ed. 1880. ( m. 1855 Mary dau. of Rev. Thomas Roupell Everest, R. of Wickwar, Gloucs., she was granted a civil list pension of £100, 19 June 1865). d. Black rock near Cork 8 Dec. 1864. There are memorial windows to him in Lincoln cathedral and the college hall at Cork. Proc. of Royal Society xv , 6–11 (1867); Athenæum 23 Aug. 1884 pp. 237–39; G.M. xviii , 247–49 (1865); I.L.N. xlvi , 59, 61 (1865), portrait .