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George Boole Trail

George Boole, the inventor of “Boolean Logic” and unwitting grandfather to our digital culture, was born in Lincoln on November 2nd 1815. Lincoln has many links to his early life, upbringing and influences on his understanding of science, religion and higher mathematics. He has been called the unsung hero of the Information Revolution and set the scene for much of today's technology: from digital calculators to the internet itself.

Having won the Gold Medal from the Royal Society, Boole took up a professorship at Queen's College Cork (now University College Cork) in 1849 where he met his wife. Boole died in 1864 in Cork, Ireland, aged only 49.

Follow this trail to walk in the great man's footsteps and discover links to his life in Lincoln that still exist today.

You can find out more about George Boole and his connection to Lincoln here. 

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