John venn biography 19th century

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    John venn!

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    Born
    4 August 1834
    Hull, England
    Died
    4 April 1923
    Cambridge, England
    Summary
    John Venn was an English mathematician and logician best known for the Venn diagrams which can be used to visualise the unions and intersections of sets.

    Biography

    John Venn's mother, Martha Sykes, came from Swanland near Hull and died while he was still quite a young boy.

    His father was the Rev Henry Venn who, at the time of John's birth, was the rector of the parish of Drypool, near Hull. The Rev Henry Venn, himself a fellow of Queen's, was from a family of distinction.

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    • His father, John's grandfather, was the Rev John Venn who had been the rector of Clapham in south London. He became the leader of the Clapham Sect, a group of evangelical Christians centred on his church. They successfully campaigned for the abolition of slavery, advocated prison reform and the prevention of cruel sports, and supported missionary work abroad.



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