George Boole ( 1815 - 1864 )

Birth: Lincoln, England (02 November 1815) Death: Cork, Ireland (08 December 1864) Burial: St Michael's Church of Ireland, Blackrock, County Cork Research Field: Mathematics Education: Self-taught, did not attend secondary school or have a university degree Career: First Professor of Mathematics, Queen's College, Cork (1849); Public Examiner for Degrees in the Queen's University; Honorary LL.