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Jan Lukasiewicz [photograph]
A photograph of young Jan Łukasiewicz (21 December 1878 – 13 February 1956), the famous founder of the Polish school of logic, who had enormous influence on Arthur Prior's own development as a logician. Łukasiewicz is the inventor of the Polish…
The Press: "John Locke Lectures, Professor Prior to Give Series, Oxford University Invitation"
Newspaper article on Prior's plans for his study leave year in the UK
The Press: "Professor of Philosophy, Appointment of Mr A.N. Prior"
Newspaper notice of Prior's appointment as professor of philosophy at Canterbury University College, including his biography and a photo of him, The Press, Sat. 8 November 1952, p. 5.
Arthur Prior [photograph 4]
A portrait photo of Prior
Arthur Prior [photograph 5]
A portrait photo of Prior
Prior's colleague Michael Shorter [photograph]
A photograph of Prior's colleague Michael Shorter. Michael Shorter joined the Philosophy Department when Prior took his sabbatical year in 1956.
Alfred Tarski [photograph]
Alfred Tarski (1901–1983), probably the most famous logician that came out of the Warsaw School of Logic. He was a student of Jan Łukasiewicz at the University of Warsaw. He emigrated to the United States in 1939, at the beginning of the German…