
George Peacock
George Peacock FRS was an English mathematician and Anglican cleric. He founded what has been called the British algebra of logic.
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"I have separated arithmetical from symbolical algebra, and I have devoted the present volume entirely to the exposition of the principles of the former science and their application to the theory of n…"
"I assure you that I shall never cease to exert myself to the utmost in the cause of reform, and that I will never decline any office which may increase my power to effect it. I am nearly certain of be…"
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1791
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