As we know that George Boole was a mathematician and philosopher from England. Through logical logic and algebra of modern philosophy, he succeeded in developing it which is now known as Boolean Algebra.
George has an elementary school education, but a little more formal and academic teaching. William Brooke, literature at Lincoln, might have helped him teach Latin, which he could also study at Thomas Bainbridge’s school.
George had to help his family when his father’s business declined. When he was 16 years old, he trained in a school that was in the Riding of Yorkshie West. He uses his spare time to read.
George listened to a math journal at Lincoln Mechanics Institute. In addition, he also read about Isaac Newton, Principia, Joseph-Louis Lagrange Mécanique and Pierre-Simon Laplace Traite de mécanique céleste to analyze and solve problems in algebra.
Through a mathematics book, George studied deeper calculus when he would participate in the Lincoln Mechanics Institute sent by Sir Edward Bromhead. Besides, through George Stevens Dickson, Sylvestre Francois Lacroix also sent him calculus texts.
When he was 20 years old, George Boolean established a school in Lincoln. When he was 24 years old, he picked up Hall’s Academy in Waddington. He got the academy when Robert Hall, who at that time was the owner, died.
In 1841, he pursued Invariant Theory, a new branch of mathematics. This mathematical theory is a source of inspiration for Albert Einstein. In 1844, he discussed the mixed methods of algebra and calculus through a paper in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society.
In 1849, he worked as a mathematics professor at Queen College, Cork in Ireland. In 1845, he worked on logic, algebra or Boolean algebra, and he also introduced general symbolic methods through Thought Law from logical inference.
In 1855, George married Maru Everest and had five female children, namely Magaret, Mary Lucy, Lucy Everest, Alicia, and Ethel Lilian. Then in 1847, he decided to participate in community development.
Among his daughters, Alicia Boole became a mathematician. Meanwhile, her daughter named Everest Boole became the first female professor in the UK in Chemistry.
George was awarded the Keith Medal by the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1855 and was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1857. He also received an honorary degree LL.D. From the University of Dublin and the University of Oxford.
George is one of the most experienced advanced mathematicians who is the most dominant in the world history of calculus. He also put the basic foundation for the information age. Thanks to George’s contribution in mathematics it was indeed effective in helping digital design computers and electronic circuits.
