He worked in the fields of differential equations and algebraic logic , and is best known as the author of The Laws of Thought , which contains Boolean algebra. Boolean logic, essential to computer programming , is credited with helping to lay the foundations for the Information Age. Boole was the son of a shoemaker. He received a primary school education and learned Latin and modern languages through various means. At 16, he began teaching to support his family.
He established his own school at 19 and later ran a boarding school in Lincoln. Boole was an active member of local societies and collaborated with fellow mathematicians.
In , he was appointed the first professor of mathematics at Queen's College, Cork now University College Cork in Ireland, where he met his future wife, Mary Everest.
He continued his involvement in social causes and maintained connections with Lincoln. In , Boole died due to fever-induced pleural effusion after developing pneumonia.
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Boole published around 50 articles and several separate publications in his lifetime. Some of his key works include a paper on early invariant theory and "The Mathematical Analysis of Logic", which introduced symbolic logic. He contributed to the theory of linear differential equations and the study of the sum of residues of a rational function. In , Boole developed Boolean algebra, a fundamental concept in binary logic, which laid the groundwork for the algebra of logic tradition and forms the foundation of digital circuit design and modern computer science.
