BOOLE, GEORGE (_son of Mr. Boole of Lincoln, tradesman_). _b._ Lincoln 2 Nov. 1815; opened a school at Lincoln 1835; professor of mathematics in Queen’s college Cork 1849 to death; public examiner for degrees in Queen’s University of Ireland; LLD. Dublin 1852; Keith medallist of Royal Society of Edinburgh 1857; F.R.S. June 1857, Royal medallist 1844; hon. D.C.L. Oxford 1859; author of _Mathematical analysis of logic_ 1847; _Investigation of the laws of thought_ 1854, a work of astonishing originality and power; _Treatise on differential equations_ 1859, _3 ed._ 1872; _Treatise on the calculus of finite differences_ 1860, _new ed._ 1880. (_m._ 1855 Mary dau. of Rev. Thomas Roupell Everest, R. of Wickwar, Gloucs., she was granted a civil list pension of £100, 19 June 1865). _d._ Blackrock near Cork 8 Dec. 1864. There are memorial windows to him in Lincoln cathedral and the college hall at Cork. _Proc. of Royal Society xv_, 6–11 (1867); _Athenæum 23 Aug. 1884 pp._ 237–39; _G.M. xviii_, 247–49 (1865); _I.L.N. xlvi_, 59, 61 (1865), _portrait_. BOONE, REV. JAMES SHERGOLD (_son of Thomas Boone of Sunbury, Middlesex_). _b._ 30 June 1799; ed. at Charterhouse 1812–16; student at Ch. Ch. Ox. 1816; Craven scholar 1817; won Chancellor’s prize for Latin verse, and Newdigate prize for English verse 1817; published anonymously a satire on Oxford University life called _The Oxford Spy 2 parts_ 1818–19, which created a great sensation; chancellor’s prizeman 1820; B.A. 1820, M.A. 1823; edited _The Council of Ten_ a monthly periodical June 1822 to May 1823, wrote nearly all of it; Incumbent of St. John’s church Paddington June 1832 to death; edited _The British Critic_ from Jany. 1827; author of _An essay on the study of modern history_ 1821; _Men and things in 1823, a poem in three epistles with notes_ 1823; _The educational economy of England_ 1838; _Sermons on various subjects and occasions_ 1853. _d._ 2 Stanhope st. Hyde park, London 24 March 1859. _Mozley’s Reminiscences ii_, 200–204 (1882); _Notes and Queries 3rd series iii_, 510, _iv_, 35, 98, 138, 153, 299. BOONE, WILLIAM. Bookseller at 480 Strand, London 1815–30 with his brother Thomas Boone who _d._ 21 April 1873 aged 83; moved to New Bond st. 1830; buyer of books for British Museum on death of Thomas Rodd 1849, retired 1860. _d._ 26 Nov. 1870 aged 75. BOORMAN, JAMES. _b._ Kent 1785; partner with Divie Bethune in New York 1805–13; founded with John Johnson firm of Boorman, Johnson and Co. leading mercantile house in New York, which was dissolved 1855; pres. of Hudson River railroad to 1863; founded the Bank of Commerce 1839. _d._ New York 24 Jany. 1866.