George Boole was an English mathematician, educator, philosopher and logician. He worked in the fields of differential equations and algebraic logic, and is best known as the author of The Laws of Thought which contains Boolean algebra. Wikipedia

Born: November 2, 1815, Lincoln, United Kingdom
Awards: Royal Medal
Died: December 8, 1864, Ballintemple, Cork, Republic of Ireland

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He's the reason for the Boolean Boogie!

 

Shame he died way before the advent of the P.C. without seeing the fruits of his work have a very popular use!.
Max.