Raymond Smullyan
American mathematician (1919–2017)
Raymond Merrill Smullyan (/ˈsmʌli.ən/; May 25, 1919 – February 6, 2017)[1] was an American mathematician, concert pianist, logician, Taoist philosopher, and magician.
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 Raymond Smullyan in Paraty, Brazil, in 2008 | |
| Born | Raymond Merrill Smullyan May 25, 1919 |
| Died | February 6, 2017 (aged 97) Hudson, New York, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | University of Chicago Princeton University |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Logic |
| Institutions | Indiana University |
| Thesis | Theory of Formal Systems (1959) |
| Doctoral advisor | Alonzo Church |
Smullyan was born in Far Rockaway, New York. His first career was stage magic. He then earned a BSc from the University of Chicago in 1955 and his Ph.D. from Princeton University in 1959. He was one of many logicians to have studied under Alonzo Church.[1]
Smullyan died on February 6, 2017 in Hudson, New York at the age of 97.[2]
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 J J O'Connor and E F Robertson (April 2002). "Smullyan biography". School of Mathematical and Computational Sciences, University of St Andrews. Archived from the original on 17 October 2018. Retrieved 5 October 2010.
- ↑ Osborne, Hannah (2017-02-10). "Mathematician and puzzle-maker Raymond Smullyan dead at 97". International Business Times UK. Retrieved 2017-02-10.
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