Book review: The Booles and the Hintons

GEORGE BOOLE FRS (1815—1864) was the first Professor of Mathematics at Queen’s College (now University College) Cork, and has variously been described as the creator of Symbolic Logic, the Founder of Pure Mathematics, and the father of the Computer and Electronic age. 

James Hinton (1822—1875) was a renowned ear-surgeon and social philosopher whose unorthodox theories and behaviour scandalised mid-19th century England.

In 1880, Mary Ellen Boole (1856—1908) the eldest daughter of George and Mary Everest Boole, married Charles Howard Hinton (1853—1907) the son of James and Margaret Hinton, and so the Boole-Hinton dynasty was begun.