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Alonzo Church

American mathematician

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Birthdate
June 14, 1903
Birthplace
Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.
Date of Death
August 11, 1995
Place of Death
Hudson, Ohio
Hudson, Ohio
Author of
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The Euclidean parallel postulate
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Logic, meaning, and computation
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Educated at
University of Amsterdam
University of Amsterdam
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University of Göttingen
University of Göttingen
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Harvard University
Harvard University
Princeton University
Princeton University
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Occupation
Computer scientist
Computer scientist
Philosopher
Philosopher
Mathematician
Mathematician
Author
Author
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Writer
Writer
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Scientist
Scientist
ISNI
000000011003850228
Open Library ID
OL118074A28
VIAF
10983075428

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Citizenship
United States
United States
Doctoral Advisor
Oswald Veblen
Oswald Veblen
Doctoral Students
Martin Davis
Martin Davis
Michael O. Rabin
Michael O. Rabin
Dana Scott
Dana Scott
Alfred Foster (mathematician)
Alfred Foster (mathematician)
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J. Barkley Rosser
Leon Henkin
Leon Henkin
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Gerald Massey
Gerald Massey
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Nicholas Rescher
Nicholas Rescher
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Notable Work
Church–Rosser theorem
Church–Rosser theorem
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Church–Turing–Deutsch principle
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Frege–Church ontology
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Lambda calculus
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Church–Turing thesis
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Wikidata ID
Q92741
Overview

Alonzo Church (1903-1995) was a mathematician, philosopher, and computer scientist from the United States. He was born in Washington, D.C. and later died in Hudson, Ohio.

Church was educated at Harvard University and held the distinction of being the doctoral advisor for several notable figures in their respective fields, such as Alan Turing, Stephen Cole Kleene, Raymond Smullyan, John G. Kemeny, Michael O. Rabin, Dana Scott, Alfred Foster (mathematician), David Kaplan (philosopher), and Martin Davis.

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