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| Henry Maurice Sheffer |
Henry Maurice Sheffer, an
American logician born at Ukraine in year 1882. Henry M. Sheffer was a Polish
Jew, who migrated to the USA in year 1892 with his parents. Before higher
studies Sheffer studied at Boston Latin School. For higher studies, he took
admission in Harvard University and learned logics from Josiah Royce. He
completed his undergraduate and master’s degree in year 1905 & 1907. After
that he did Ph.D. in Philosophy in year 1908 and then travelled on a fellowship
program to Europe. After returning to USA, he spent one year each at City
College of New York, University of Misouri, University of Minesota, University
of Washington, and University of Cornel as an academic nomad. In year 1916,
Sheffer recruited at Harvard University as a faculty member of philosophy
department. He worked at Harvard University for 36 Years and got retirement in
1952.