Haskell Curry

Mathematician, Academic

1900 – 1982

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Who was Haskell Curry?

Haskell Brooks Curry was an American mathematician and logician. Curry is best known for his work in combinatory logic; while the initial concept of combinatory logic was based on a single paper by Moses Schönfinkel, much of the development was done by Curry. Curry is also known for Curry's paradox and the Curry–Howard correspondence. There are three programming languages named after him, Haskell, Brooks and Curry, as well as the concept of currying, a technique used for transforming functions in mathematics and computer science.

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Born
Sep 12, 1900
Millis
Parents
Nationality
  • United States of America
Profession
Education
  • Doctorate, University of Göttingen
    ( - 1930)
  • Harvard University
Employment
  • Harvard University
  • Princeton University
  • Pennsylvania State University
    (1929 - 1966)
Died
Sep 1, 1982
State College

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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