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George Boole 200 - The River-side

George Boole 200

George Boole: Academic, Author, Husband and Father

This highlights additional original George Boole material or Boole-related information that forms part of George Boole archives at UCC Library.

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Spring is in the air: George Boole on St. Patrick’s Day

Through the George Boole Papers held in UCC Library, we get a great insight into life of an academic living in Cork in the nineteenth...

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George Boole and Valentine’s Day

“Ne m’oubliez pas – forget-me-not” Held within the George Boole Papers at UCC Library there is a letter (BP/1/267) from an unidentified former student from...

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A Boolean Christmas in Cork,1850
Excerpt from a letter by George Boole describing Christmas.

George Boole did not always manage to spend Christmas with family during his time in Cork.  Often the College holidays did not allow enough time for...

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George Boole’s untimely death
A letter from George Boole to his daughter Maryellen.

George Boole died in Cork on the 8th December 1864 following a short illness.  On the 24th November 1864 Boole was caught in heavy rain...

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George Boole writes a letter to his students 6 November 1849
19th century view of UCC's quad and Aula Maxima from the perspective of the river in the lower grounds.

To mark the launch of George Boole 200 at UCC we have selected from UCC Library Archives one of the first letters written by Boole from...

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George Boole’s first letter from Cork
George Boole's first letter from Cork to his sister Maryann.

On the 25th of October 1849, 165 years ago, George Boole (1815 -1864) wrote his first letter home to Lincoln from his new place of...

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