George Peacock
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an English mathematician and Anglican cleric. He founded what has been called the British algebra of logic.
Born
George Thomas Peacock 9 April 1791 Thornton Hall, Denton, County Durham, England
Died
8 November 1858 (aged 67) Pall Mall, London, England
Nationality
English
Known for
Treatise on Algebra
Fields
Mathematician
Alma mater
Trinity College, Cambridge
Awards
Smith's Prize (1813)
Institutions
Trinity College, Cambridge
Academic advisors
John Hudson Adam Sedgwick
adultbasic
Britain
Citizenship
New York, New York
era
1800+
Notable students
Augustus De Morgan Arthur Cayley George Biddell Airy W. H. Thompson