Haskell Curry

Haskell Brooks Curry
Haskell Brooks Curry
Born	September 12, 1900; Millis, Massachusetts, US
Died	September 1, 1982 (aged 81); State College, Pennsylvania, US
Alma mater	Harvard University; University of Göttingen;
Known for	Curry's paradox; Currying; Curry–Howard correspondence; Scott–Curry theorem; B, C, K, W system; Combinatory logic; Formalism in the philosophy of mathematics
	Scientific career
Fields	Mathematics; Logic; computer science
Institutions	Pennsylvania State University; University of Amsterdam
Doctoral advisor	David Hilbert

Haskell Brooks Curry (/ˈhæskəl/ HAS-kəl; September 12, 1900 – September 1, 1982) was an American mathematician and computer scientist. Curry is best known for his work in combinatory logic, whose initial concept is based on a paper by Moses Schönfinkel, for which Curry did much of the development. Curry is also known for Curry's paradox and the Curry–Howard correspondence. Named for him are the programming languages Haskell, Brook and Curry, and the concept of currying, a method to transform functions, used in mathematics and computer science.