George BOOLE (1815 -1864), was one of Lincolnshire's famous sons. He was the first Professor of Mathematics at Queen's College Cork, now University College Cork. George Boole is most recognized as the inventor of Boolean Logic, which is the basis of modern digital computer logic. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Boole The University College in Cork has now officially made available their collection of Boole Papers to the online community at http://georgeboole.ucc.ie/ George's great aunt Sarah BOOLE (1742-1766) was my Great Great Great Great Great Grandmother. Coincidently there is an article on Boole in the latest LFHS Journal (Vol. 25, No. 2) by another of his relatives Ann Perkins. Terry Wells