Philip Jourdain
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| Philip Jourdain | |
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| Born | 1879 Ashbourne, Derbyshire |
| Died | 1919 His home in Crookham, Hampshire. |
| Occupation | Editor and mathematician |
| Spouse(s) | Yes |
| Parents | Emily Clay and Francis Jourdain |
Philip Edward Bertrand Jourdain (16 October 1879 - 1 October 1919) was a British logician and follower of Bertrand Russell.
He was born in Ashbourne in Derbyshire[1] one of a large family belonging to Emily Clay and his father Francis Jourdain (who was the vicar at Ashbourne).[2] He was partly disabled by Friedreich's ataxia. He corresponded with Georg Cantor and Gottlob Frege, and took a close interest in the paradoxes related to Russell's paradox, formulating the card paradox version of the liar paradox.[2] He also worked on algebraic logic, and the history of science with Isaac Newton as a particular study. He was London editor for The Monist.
His sister Eleanor Jourdain was an academic who published a book claiming to have traveled in time or seen ghosts.[3]
[edit] References
- ^ *O'Connor, John J.; Robertson, Edmund F., "Philip Jourdain", MacTutor History of Mathematics archive, University of St Andrews, http://www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Jourdain.html.
- ^ a b Turnbull archive accessed 7 December 2007
- ^ Jourdain, Eleanor (1989). Ghosts of the Trianon: The Complete "an Adventure". Borgo Pr. ISBN 0809571056.
[edit] External links
- O'Connor, John J.; Robertson, Edmund F., "Philip Jourdain", MacTutor History of Mathematics archive, University of St Andrews, http://www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Jourdain.html.
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