John Lemmon

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1930 – 1966

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Who was John Lemmon?

Edward John Lemmon was a logician and philosopher born in Sheffield, England. He is most well known for his work on modal logic, particularly his joint text with Dana Scott published posthumously.

Lemmon attended King Edward VII School in Sheffield until 1947, before reading Literae humaniores at Magdalen College, Oxford, as an undergraduate, and was appointed Fellow of Trinity College, Oxford, in 1957. In 1963, following a visiting professorship in Texas, Lemmon emigrated to the United States to lecture at the Claremont Graduate School. Lemmon died from heart failure whilst climbing.

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Born
Jun 1, 1930
Also known as
  • E. Lemmon
Education
  • Magdalen College, Oxford
Lived in
  • Sheffield
Died
Jul 29, 1966

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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