Background
Craig, William was born on November 13, 1918 in Nuremberg, Bavaria, Germany. Arrived in United States, 1937. Son of Walter Krakenberger and Alice Craig.
Craig, William was born on November 13, 1918 in Nuremberg, Bavaria, Germany. Arrived in United States, 1937. Son of Walter Krakenberger and Alice Craig.
Bachelor, Cornell University, 1940. Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1951.
His research interests included mathematical logic, and the philosophy of science, and he is best known for the Craig interpolation theorem. William Craig was born in Nuremberg, Germany, on November 13, 1918. He graduated from Harvard University with a Doctor of Philosophy in 1951.
In 1959 he moved to University of California Berkeley.
He died on January 13, 2016, at the age of 97.
Member of American Philosophical Association (president Pacific division 1979), Association Symbolic Logic (president 1965-1968).
Married Julia Rebecca Wilson, August 20, 1949. Children: Ruth, Walter, Sarah, Deborah.