Augustus De Morgan

Mathematician, Academic

1806 – 1871

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Who was Augustus De Morgan?

Augustus De Morgan was a British mathematician and logician. He formulated De Morgan's laws and introduced the term mathematical induction, making its idea rigorous.

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Born
Jun 27, 1806
Madurai
Children
Religion
  • Church of England
Nationality
  • United Kingdom
Profession
Education
  • Trinity College, Cambridge
  • University of Cambridge
Lived in
  • India
Died
Mar 18, 1871
London

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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