Raymond Smullyan
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Key facts
- Born
- Raymond Merrill Smullyan , ( 1919-05-25 ) May 25, 1919, Far Rockaway , New York, U.S.
- Died
- February 6, 2017 (2017-02-06) (aged 97), Hudson, New York , U.S.
- Citizenship
- American
- Alma mater
- University of Chicago , Princeton University (PhD)
- Spouse
- Blanche
- Fields
- Logic
- Institutions
- Dartmouth College , Princeton University , Yeshiva University , Lehman College , City University of New York , Indiana University
- Thesis
- Theory of Formal Systems (1959)
- Doctoral advisor
- Alonzo Church
- Doctoral students
- Melvin Fitting Henry Pogorzelski
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Raymond
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Far Rockaway
- Place of death
- Hudson
- Occupation
- chess composer
- Educated at
- University of Chicago
- Employer
- Dartmouth College
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Doctoral advisor
- Alonzo Church
- Field of work
- logic
- Instrument
- piano
- Official website
- raymondsmullyan.com
- Image
- Smullyan-01.png
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- date of birth
- 1919-05-25
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- 2017-02-06
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Encyclopedic overview
Raymond Merrill Smullyan (/ˈsmʌliən/; May 25, 1919 – February 6, 2017) was an American mathematician, magician, concert pianist, logician, Taoist, and philosopher.
Born in Far Rockaway, New York, Smullyan's first career choice was in stage magic. He earned a BSc from the University of Chicago in 1955 and his PhD from Princeton University in 1959. Smullyan is one of many logicians to have studied with Alonzo Church.
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