George Boole was an important developer in the field of theoretical computer science. Among other things, he is responsible for the Boolean data type in programming, which has a value of either TRUE or FALSE.
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George Boole was the creator of Boolean algebra.
Yes, George Boole was a mathematician.
George Boole invented Boolean algebra.
George Boole was an English mathematician, philosopher and logician. He lived from 1815-1864. He was born in Lincolnshire, England and died in County Cork, Ireland. He was a founder of Computer science and some of his theories/methods helped people make the first digital computers.
He invented what is now simply known as Boolean logic. It is what is used in modern computers.