John Venn FRS FSA (1834 - 1923)

Born 4 Aug 1834 in Kingston upon Hull, Yorkshire, England

Ancestors

Husband of Susanna Carnegie (Edmonstone) Venn — married 1867 in St Margaret's Church, Westminster, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom

Died 4 Apr 1923 at age 88 in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England

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Biography

John Venn FRS FSA was born in Kingston upon Hull, Yorkshire, England.

John Venn FRS FSA is Notable.

John Venn was born on 4 Aug 1834 at Kingston upon Hull, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom.
He was the son of Rev. Henry Venn and Martha Sykes.

England and Wales Census 1851 ^[1]
Event Place: Islington, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom. Registration District: Islington. Residence: Highby Crescent.

Marriage

John Venn married Susanna Carnegie Edmonstone (1844–1931) in Apr-May-Jun 1867 at Westminster St. Margaret, London, England, United Kingdom. ^[2]

CHILD:

1. John Archibald Venn (1883–1958) married 1906 Lucy Marion Ridgeway (1882–1958)

England and Wales Census 1911 ^[3]
Event Place: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom. Registration District: Chesterton. Parish: Trumpington. Sub-District: Cherry Hinton. Occupation: RESIDENT OF CAINS COLLEGE.

Life's Work
John Venn was an English mathematician, logician and philosopher noted for introducing the Venn diagram, used in the fields of set theory, probability, logic, statistics, competition math, and computer science. In 1866, Venn published The Logic of Chance, a ground-breaking book which espoused the frequency theory of probability, offering that probability should be determined by how often something is forecast to occur as opposed to “educated” assumptions. Venn then further developed George Boole's theories in the 1881 work Symbolic Logic, where he highlighted what would become known as Venn diagrams.

From the mid 1880s his work on the History of the University became his dominant interest. Alumni Cantabrigienses, from Earliest Times to 1900 (1922), was compiled with the help of his son.

Death

John Venn FRS FSA passed away on 4 Apr 1923 at Cambridge, St Andrew the Less, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom. ^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ 1851 Census. Citing this Record: "England and Wales Census, 1851," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SGN8-194 : 9 November 2019), John Venn in household of Henry Venn, Islington, Middlesex, England; citing Islington, Middlesex, England, p. 5, from "1851 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO HO 107, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
2. ↑ Marriage Entry: John Venn married Susanna Carnegie Edmonstone in Apr-May-Jun 1867 at Westminster St. Margaret, London, England, United Kingdom. Citing this Record: "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2DK7-52C : 13 December 2014), Susanna C Edmonntone, 1867; from "England & Wales Marriages, 1837-2005," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing 1867, quarter 2, vol. 1A, p. 659, Westminster St. Margaret, London, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.
3. ↑ 1911 Census. Citing this Record: "England and Wales Census, 1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X7K6-CCV : 22 July 2019), John Venn, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom; from "1911 England and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 14, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
4. ↑ Death/Burial Entry: John Venn passed away on 4 Apr 1923 at Cambridge, St Andrew the Less, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom. Citing this Record: FaG: "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVVC-VJG5 : 27 July 2019), John Venn, 1923; Burial, Trumpington, City of Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, Trumpington Parish Extension; citing record ID 14054755, Find a Grave, (http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/14054755/john-venn)

• Wikipedia: John Venn
• John R. Gibbins Oxford Dictionary of National Biography: Venn, John (1834–1923) (membership needed to view)
• Venn, Cambridge Alumni John Venn (Not this Profile's John Venn).
• Alumni Cantabrigienses Volumes Part 1 and Part 2
• (https://www.encyclopedia.com/science/dictionaries-thesauruses-pictures-and-press-releases/venn-john)

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