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De Morgan, Augustus: 'On the symbols of logic'


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0096 MS238

Held at: Senate House Library, University of London

Title: De Morgan, Augustus: 'On the symbols of logic'

Date(s): 1850

Level of description: Collection

Extent: 1 volume

Name of creator(s): Morgan | Augustus De | 1806-1871 | mathematician and historian x De Morgan | Augustus

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Augustus de Morgan was born at Madura, India in 1806. On returning to England, de Morgan was educated at various schools. In February 1823 he entered Trinity College, Cambridge, where he graduated in 1827. In 1828 he was appointed Professor of Mathematics at University College London. De Morgan resigned his post in 1831, on account of a disagreement with the University Council who claimed the right of dismissing a professor without assigning reasons. He resumed his chair in 1836 on assurance that the regulations had been altered so as to preserve the independence of professors, remaining Professor of Mathematics at UCL until he resigned in November 1866.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Copy of Augustus de Morgan's 'On the symbols of logic, the theory of the syllogism and in particular of the copula and the application of the theory of probabilities to some questions of evidence', published as a memoir in the Cambridge Philosophical Transaction.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

Single volume.

Conditions governing access:

Open for research. 24 hours notice is required for research visits.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copies may be made, subject to the condition of the original. Copying must be undertaken by the Palaeography Room staff, who will need a minimum of 24 hours to process requests.

Physical characteristics:

Finding aids:

There is an interim handlist to the papers included in MS 238, MS 239, MS 240, MS 241, MS 775 and MS 776, prepared by T D Rogers in 1971. Also see A list of certain letters inserted in books from the Library of Augustus De Morgan (University of London Library, 1990).

Detailed catalogue

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

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Archival history:

After his death in March 1871, de Morgan's library, which consisted of about three thousand volumes, was bought by Lord Overstone and presented to the University of London. MS 239 was the gift of William Frederick de Morgan in 1908.

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DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

Archivist's note: Imported from the Senate House catalogue and edited by Sarah Drewery.

Rules or conventions: General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal Place and Corporate Names 1997.

Date(s) of descriptions: Feb 2009.


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Logic | Philosophy
Symbols | Symbolic languages | Semiology
Linguistics
Mathematics

Personal names
Morgan | Augustus De | 1806-1871 | mathematician and historian x De Morgan | Augustus

Corporate names

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