Born: November 2, 1815 in Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England
Died: December 8, 1864 In Ballintemple, County Cork, Ireland
A pioneer in the evolution of modern abstract
algebra.
"Those who are acquainted with the present state of the theory of Symbolic
Algebra are aware that the validity of the process of analysis does not
depend on the interpretation of the symbols which are employed, but solely
upon the laws of their combination."
