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# John Venn

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John Venn, FRS, FSA was an English mathematician, logician and philosopher noted for introducing Venn diagrams, which are used in logic, set theory, probability, statistics, and computer science. In 1866, Venn published The Logic of Chance, a groundbreaking book which espoused the frequency theory o

##  Quotes by John Venn

> [We endeavour to employ only symmetrical figures, such as should not only be an aid to reasoning, through the sense of sight,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-venn/we-endeavour-to-employ-only-symmetrical-figures-such-as-should-not/)

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