Background
Kyburg, Henry Guy Ely was born on October 9, 1928 in New York City. Son of Henry Guy Ely and Margherita (Abbey) Kyburg.
Philosophy and computer science educator
Kyburg, Henry Guy Ely was born on October 9, 1928 in New York City. Son of Henry Guy Ely and Margherita (Abbey) Kyburg.
Bachelor in Chemical Engineering, Yale, 1948; Master of Arts in Philosophy, Columbia, 1953; Doctor of Philosophy, Columbia University, 1955.
Assistant professor mathematics, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut, 1958-1961; research associate, Rockefeller Institute, 1961-1962; associate professor mathematics and philosophy, Denver U., 1962-1963; associate professor philosophy, Wayne State University, 1963-1965; professor philosophy, U. Rochester, New York, since 1965; Luther W. Burbank professor moral and intellectual philosophy, U. Rochester, New York, since 1981; professor computer science, U. Rochester, New York, since 1986; department chairman, U. Rochester, New York, 1969-1981. Member-at-large United States national committee International Union History and Philosophy of Science, 1978-1983.
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With United States Coast Guard, 1951. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member Association for Computing Machinery, American Philosophical Association (Executive Committee Eastern division 1978-1981), Philosophy of Science Association (governing board 1978-1980, 94-), Association Symbolic Logic, American Mathematics Society, American Association Artificial Intelligence, Sigma Xi.
Married Sarah Randlev, February 4,1967. Children: Henry Guy Ely III, Sarah Abbey. By previous marriage: Robin Margherita, Christopher Ely, Alice Independence, Peter David.