George Boole 200

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

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...

“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...

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...

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...

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...

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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