Raymond Smullyan | |
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![]() Raymond M. Smullyan in 2008. | |
Born | Raymond Merrill Smullyan May 25, 1919 Far Rockaway, New York, U.S. |
Died | February 6, 2017 Hudson, New York, U.S. | (aged 97)
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | University of Chicago Princeton University (PhD) |
Spouse | Blanche |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Logic |
Institutions | Dartmouth College, Princeton University, Yeshiva University, Lehman College, City University of New York, Indiana University |
Thesis | Theory of Formal Systems (1959) |
Doctoral advisor | Alonzo Church |
Raymond Merrill Smullyan (/ˈsmʌliən/; May 25, 1919 – February 6, 2017)[1][2][3] was an American mathematician, magician, concert pianist, logician, Taoist, and philosopher.
Born in Far Rockaway, New York, his first career was stage magic. He earned a BSc from the University of Chicago in 1955 and his PhD from Princeton University in 1959. He is one of many logicians to have studied with Alonzo Church.[1]