Alonzo Church
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| Alonzo Church | |
|---|---|
| Born | June 14, 1903 Washington, DC, USA |
| Died | November 8, 1995 (aged 92) Hudson, Ohio, USA |
| Residence | United States |
| Nationality | American |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | Princeton University 1929–67 University of California, Los Angeles 1967–95 |
| Alma mater | Princeton University |
| Doctoral advisor | Oswald Veblen |
| Doctoral students | John George Kemeny Raymond Smullyan Alan Turing |
Alonzo Church (June 14, 1903 – August 11, 1995) was an American mathematician and logician who made major contributions to mathematical logic and the foundations of theoretical computer science. He is best known for the lambda calculus, Church's thesis and the Church-Rosser theorem.
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