Scope & Horror

Jennifer Van Orman

Phrase & Fables

art, astrology, August 4, black bile, fairytales, history, John Venn, Literature, mathematics, medicine, melancholia, Melancholy, science, The Anatomy of Melancholy, writing

John Venn

Mathematician and philosopher John Venn was born on August 4, 1834. I think we can all agree he invented the best kind of diagram.

John Venn before being elected to the Royal Society in 1883

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Jennifer Van Orman

Artist and writer. On double-secret probation.