Mary Everest Boole
Mathematician, Author
1832 – 1916
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Who was Mary Everest Boole?
Mary Everest Boole was a self-taught mathematician who is best known as an author of didactic works on mathematics, such as Philosophy and Fun of Algebra, and as the wife of fellow mathematician George Boole. Her progressive ideas on education, as expounded in The Preparation of the Child for Science, included encouraging children to explore mathematics through playful activities such as 'curve stitching'. Her life is of interest to feminists as an example of how women made careers in an academic system that did not welcome them.
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- Born
- 1832
England - Also known as
- Mary Boole
- Parents
- Spouses
- George Boole
(1855 - )
- George Boole
- Children
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Profession
- Lived in
- Poissy
- Died
- 1916
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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