Allan Marquand
Allan Marquand (* 1853 ; † 1924 ) first taught logic and later art history at Princeton University . In addition to art history, he studied theology and philosophy .
Allan Marquand was the son of Henry Gurdon Marquand (1819-1902) and his wife Elizabeth Allen Marquand. Between 1874 and 1881 - a more precise dating is not possible - he developed a mechanical logic machine and in 1885 he proposed to build an electrical logic machine. While it is unknown or even questionable whether he could carry out his electric machine, but the idea of logical operations to realize by electrical circuits, it seems to come up, even if it the suggestion to do so by his teacher, the philosopher Charles Sanders Peirce , get should have.
In 1917, Marquand was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences .
literature
- Kenneth Lane Ketner, AF Stewart: The Early History of Computer Design: CS Peirce and Marquand's Logical Machines, Princeton University Library Chronicle 1984 XLV 3, pp. 187-224
- Marilyn Aronberg Lavin, The Eye of the Tiger: The Founding and Development of the Department of Art and Archeology, 1883-1923 , The Dept. of Art and Archeology and the Art Museum, Princeton: 1984
Web links
- Article about Allan Marquand on the websites of Princeton University (English)
- Photo of the logical machine at Firestone Library, Princeton
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Marquand, Allan |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American logician and art historian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1853 |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1924 |