Autobiography of john venn

English logician and philosopher (–)

For other people named John Venn, see John Venn (disambiguation).

John Venn, FRS,^[2][3]FSA^[4] (4 August – 4 April ) 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 , 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 work Symbolic Logic, where he highlighted what would become known as Venn diagrams.

Early life

John Venn was born on 4 August in Kingston upon Hull, Yorkshire,^[5] to Martha Sykes and Rev.

Henry Venn, who was the rector of the parish of Drypool. His mother died when he was three years old.^[