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Lieutenant-Colonel John De Morgan
- [a] His father was Lieutenant-Colonel John De Morgan (1772–1816) who held various appointments in the service of the East India Company, and his mother, Elizabeth (née Dodson, 1776–1856), was the daughter of John Dodson and granddaughter of James Dodson, who computed a table of anti-logarithms (inverse logarithms).
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He was the father of William De Morgan. Augustus De Morgan (1806–1871) was a British mathematician and logician best known for formulating De Morgan's laws. De Morgan is also known for coining the term " mathematical induction ," and for formalizing the underlying principles of induction. [1]
Jun 27, 2011 · Augustus De Morgan's father, John De Morgan (5 October 1771 - 27 November 1816), was a Lieutenant-Colonel in the Madras Native Infantry. He was born and served in India in the 22 Dragoon Guards and married Elizabeth Dodson in 1798 at Colombo, Ceylon.
May 21, 2018 · De Morgan, Augustus (b. Madura, Madras presidency, India, June 1806; d. London, England, 18 March 1871), mathematics. De Morgan’s father was a colonel in the Indian Army; and his mother was the daughter of John Dodson, a pupil and friend of Abraham de Moivre, and granddaughter of James Dodson, author of the Mathematical Canon. At the age of ...
DE MORGAN, AUGUSTUS (1806–1871) A British mathematician and logician, Augustus De Morgan was born at Madura, India, where his father was an army officer. After early education in the west of England, he entered Trinity College, Cambridge, in 1823 and graduated fourth wrangler in 1827.
His father was Col. De Morgan, who held various appointments in the service of the East India Company. His mother was descended from James Dodson, who computed a table of anti-logarithms, that is, the numbers corresponding to exact logarithms.
Dec 24, 2016 · De Morgan’s father John was a lieutenant colonel in the British Army in India. Born with only one eye, de Morgan was raised in England. Though he did poorly at school, at the age of 16 de Morgan entered Cambridge University where he studied under George Peacock, professor of astronomy and geometry, and William Whewell , with both of whom he ...
Born in 1839 into a liberal household, De Morgan's artistic talents were encouraged by his parents. His father, Augustus De Morgan, was Professor of Mathematics at University College London, and his mother Sophia was an advocate for women's higher education and an early supporter of the suffragette movement.
