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John Venn
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John Venn (1834–1923) was a British mathematician, philosopher, and university teacher who specialized in mathematical logic. Born in Kingston upon Hull, he was educated at Highgate School and Gonville and Caius College. He served as a member of the Royal Society and was employed by the University of Cambridge. Venn contributed to the *Dictionary of National Biography* and was recognized in the Royal Society collection.
He was a member of the Anglican faith and spoke English. His father was Henry Venn, and his son was John Archibald Venn. Venn died in Cambridge.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 61
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Generalized Gradient Approximation Made Simple
· 1996 · cited 204,214x
- Highly accurate protein structure prediction with AlphaFold
· 2021 · cited 43,472x
- Gene Ontology: tool for the unification of biology
· 2000 · cited 36,874x
- Matplotlib: A 2D Graphics Environment
· 2007 · cited 35,518x
- The MOS 36-ltem Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36)
· 1992 · cited 29,113x
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Quotes
- “We endeavour to employ only symmetrical figures, such as should not only be an aid to reasoning, through the sense of sight, but should also be to some extent elegant in themselves.”
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- John
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Place of birth
- Kingston upon Hull
- Place of death
- Cambridge
- Child
- John Archibald Venn
- Father
- Henry Venn
- Occupation
- computer scientist
- Position held
- chairperson
- Employer
- University of Cambridge
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Religion
- Anglicanism
- Notable work
- Venn diagram
- Field of work
- mathematical logic
- Image
- Venn John signature.jpg
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- member of
- Royal Society
- Commons category
- John Venn
- date of birth
- 1834-08-04
- date of death
- 1923-04-04
- Commons gallery
- John Venn
- contributed to creative work
- Dictionary of National Biography
- name in native language
- John Venn
- writing language
- English language
- maintained by WikiProject
- WikiProject Mathematics
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Encyclopedic overview
The Venn Building, University of Hull Stained glass window at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, commemorating Venn and the Venn diagram Alternative Heritage plaque for John Venn in Hull John Venn, FRS, FSA (4 August 1834 – 4 April 1923) was an English mathematician, logician and philosopher noted for introducing Venn diagrams, which are used in logic, set theory, probability, statistics, and computer science. In 1866, Venn published The Logic of Chance, a groundbreaking book which espoused the frequency theory of probability, arguing that probability should be determined by how often something is forecast to occur as opposed to "educated" assumptions. Venn then further developed George Boole's theories in the 1881 work Symbolic Logic, where he highlighted what would become known as Venn diagrams.
Early life
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