Full Name: George Boole

Lived Between: 1815-1864

Nationality: British

Primary Occupation: Mathematician

Claim to Fame: George Boole is a self-taught scholar, teacher, mathematician and linguist who invented Boolean algebra, a form of symbolic logic in which "true" or "false" are the only two greatest possible values.

Recommended Book: The Mathematical Analysis of Logic -- George Boole, John Slater (Introduction); Paperback

Recommended Link: http://www.digitalcentury.com/encyclo/update/boole.html