John Venn

John Venn was born on August 4, 1834 in England. Best known as the originator of the ubiquitous Venn diagram, this late nineteenth-century philosopher and logician contributed to the fields of statistics and probability. His publications include Symbolic Logic and The Logic of Chance.
John Venn is a member of Philosopher

Does John Venn Dead or Alive?

As per our current Database, John Venn has been died on Apr 4, 1923 (age 88).

🎂 John Venn - Age, Bio, Faces and Birthday

When John Venn die, John Venn was 88 years old.

Popular As John Venn
Occupation Philosopher
Age 88 years old
Zodiac Sign Leo
Born August 4, 1834 (England)
Birthday August 4
Town/City England
Nationality England

🌙 Zodiac

John Venn’s zodiac sign is Leo. According to astrologers, people born under the sign of Leo are natural born leaders. They are dramatic, creative, self-confident, dominant and extremely difficult to resist, able to achieve anything they want to in any area of life they commit to. There is a specific strength to a Leo and their "king of the jungle" status. Leo often has many friends for they are generous and loyal. Self-confident and attractive, this is a Sun sign capable of uniting different groups of people and leading them as one towards a shared cause, and their healthy sense of humor makes collaboration with other people even easier.

🌙 Chinese Zodiac Signs

John Venn was born in the Year of the Horse. Those born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Horse love to roam free. They’re energetic, self-reliant, money-wise, and they enjoy traveling, love and intimacy. They’re great at seducing, sharp-witted, impatient and sometimes seen as a drifter. Compatible with Dog or Tiger.

Some John Venn images

About

Best known as the originator of the ubiquitous Venn diagram, this late nineteenth-century Philosopher and logician contributed to the fields of statistics and probability. His publications include Symbolic Logic and The Logic of Chance.

Before Fame

After earning a degree in mathematics from Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, he became an ordained Anglican priest and also taught logic, probability, and morality at Cambridge University.

Trivia

He ended his clerical career in the early 1880s, stating that his philosophical views were incompatible with the principles of Anglicanism.

Family Life

Born in Yorkshire, England, he was the son of the prominent Anglican cleric Henry Venn and Reverend Venn's wife, Martha Sykes. His marriage to Susanna Carnegie Edmonstone resulted in a son, John Archibald Venn, who had a successful career as an Economist.

Associated With

He and Bertrand Russell were both prominent English logicians and Philosophers of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

John Venn trend