Philosopher · Twentieth century · England
Bertrand Russell
1872–1970
English logician, philosopher, and public campaigner who co wrote Principia Mathematica and won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1950. He moved from logic to pacifism to nuclear disarmament across a 98 year life, 1872 to 1970.
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- Born
- 1872, Trellech, Wales.
- Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Bertrand Russell
- Died
- 1970, Penrhyndeudraeth, Wales.
- Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Bertrand Russell
- School
- Analytic philosophy; logical atomism.
- Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Bertrand Russell
- Known for
- Russell's paradox, the theory of descriptions, Principia Mathematica with Whitehead, and a century of political causes.
- Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Bertrand Russell
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