John Venn [SEP] place of birth
assumptions. Venn then further developed George Boole's theories in the 1881 work "Symbolic Logic", where he highlighted what would become known as Venn diagrams.
Life and career.
John Venn was born on 4 August 1834 in Kingston upon Hull, Yorkshire, 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. Venn was descended from a long line of church evangelicals, including his grandfather John Venn. Venn was brought up
Edward Leathes
Edward Leathes (10 February 1801 – 11 February 1871) was an English army officer and cricketer.
Leathes was born in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, the fifth son of George Leathes of the 1st Royal Dragoons, and his wife Mary Moore; Venn gives the year of birth as 1797. His brothers included John Francis Leathes of Herringfleet Hall, and the Rev. Frederick Leathes, Rector of Reedham. He was educated at Bury St Edmunds Grammar School, and matriculated at Christ's College, Cambridge in 1815