Mary Everest Boole

Mary Everest Boole was born in 1832 in England. At the age of five, Mary’s family moved to France due to the serious illness of Mary’s father, Dr. Thomas Everest. It was during these years that Mary began learning math from her tutor, Monsieur Deplace. His way of teaching made it easy for Mary to comprehend her studies. At the age of eleven, Mary’s family moved back to England where Mary was taken out of school to become her father's assistant. Her father was a minister. Mary taught a Sunday School class and sometimes helped her father with his sermons. But, Mary didn’t end studying. She used her father’s books to teach herself calculus. She liked math, but Mary couldn’t get any of her unanswered questions solved. When Mary went to visit her aunt and uncle in Cork, Western Ireland, she got her questions answered. Her uncle, George Everest, introduced Mary to George Boole, a famous mathematician. Mary cherished her time with Boole. George tutored Mary in math and she lea...