Haskell Brooks Curry (; September 12, 1900 – September 1, 1982) was an
American mathematician and
logician. Curry is best known for his work in
combinatory logic; while the initial concept of combinatory logic was based on a single paper by
Moses Schönfinkel, much of the development was done by Curry. Curry is also known for
Curry's paradox and the Curry–Howard correspondence. There are three programming languages named after him,
Haskell,
Brook and
Curry, as well as the concept of
currying, a technique used for transforming functions in mathematics and computer science.