Alonzo Church
American mathematician and computer scientist
Alonzo Church was an American mathematician, computer scientist, logician, and philosopher who made major contributions to mathematical logic and the foundations of theoretical computer science. Wikipedia
Born: June 14, 1903, Washington, D.C.
Died: August 11, 1995 (age 92 years), Hudson, OH
Education: Harvard University (1927–1928), Princeton University (1920–1927), and Department of Mathematics
Notable students: Alan Turing, Stephen Cole Kleene, Nicholas Rescher, and more
Influenced: Alan Turing, Stephen Cole Kleene, Emil Leon Post, and more
Research interests: Symbolic logic and Lambda calculus
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