John Lemmon
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1930 – 1966
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
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on July 23, 2013
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