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Augustus De Morgan
Standard Name: De Morgan, Augustus
Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Friends, Associates | Augusta Ada Byron | AAB
remained close friends with Mary Somerville's family, and particularly with her eldest son by her first marriage, Woronzow Greig
, for the rest of her life. Somerville not only fostered Ada's mathematical aptitude, but... |
| Instructor | Augusta Ada Byron | AAB
(now Countess of Lovelace) began studying with Augustus De Morgan
, a leading logician and the first professor of mathematics at the University of London
. Stein, Dorothy. Ada: A Life and a Legacy. MIT Press, 1985. xix |
| Instructor | Augusta Ada Byron | Lady Byron employed a number of governesses to educate the young AAB
at their various country homes. From the age of five Ada received full-time instruction in arithmetic, grammar, spelling, reading, music, geography, drawing, and... |
| Literary responses | Augusta Ada Byron | The authorship of A Sketch of the Analytical Engine (which had been published as by A.L.L., for Ada, Lady Lovelace) was revealed in a review in Athenæum in 1848. The work garnered a small... |
| Literary responses | Ann Taylor Gilbert | The Critical Review gave the second volume five words: Very good in their way. Critical Review. W. Simpkin and R. Marshall, 5 series. 3d ser. 6 (1805): 333 |
| Reception | Augusta Ada Byron | AAB
has given her name to the Ada Initiative
, a small organization supporting women in open technology and culture (http://adainitiative.org/). A conference on her achievements and legacies was held at the Stevens Institute of Technology |
Timeline
1865: The London Mathematical Society was foun...
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1865
The London Mathematical Society
was founded.
Gascoigne, Robert Mortimer. A Chronology of the History of Science, 1450-1900. Garland, 1987.
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