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john venn’s memorial window in gonville & caius college dining hall

a stained glass window featuring a venn diagram with overlapping magenta, yellow, and blue circles, with the dates of john venn’s college appointments below

the overlapping parts of the diagram are fairly dark and murky but this picture makes them look ok

@fanf@mendeddrum.org It must be a little sad to be reduced to something like that. Even now Hoare is "the quicksort guy" to most people, if they know who is he at all. I admittedly don't know anything else about Venn!

Tony Finch
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@pervognsen@mastodon.social otoh, it’s wonderful to be remembered for something that’s both beautiful and useful, better than not to be remembered at all!

Per Vognsen
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@fanf@mendeddrum.org Stained glass is a wonderful way of visualizing the overlap.

Per Vognsen
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@fanf@mendeddrum.org This is good too.