Richard Montague
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About
Mathematician and philosopher who was remembered for creating a logical approach to natural language semantics called Montague grammar.
Before Fame
He was a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley, where he was taught by the legendary mathematician and logician Alfred Tarski.
Trivia
His life served as the inspiration for the novel The Semantics of Murder from 2008.
Family Life
He was born in Stockton, California.
Associated With
He and entrepreneur Brian Maxwell both graduated from UC Berkeley.