Historical Figure
Bertrand Russell
1872–1970
Mathematician and philosopher
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1872 May 18, 1872 →Death
1970 February 2, 1970 →Biography
Bertrand Arthur William Russell, 3rd Earl Russell, was an English philosopher, logician, mathematician, and public intellectual. He influenced mathematics, logic, set theory, and various areas of analytic philosophy.
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3rd Earl Russell, English mathematician, writer and philosopher, Nobel laureate (d. 1970)
May 18 →Die Philosophen Bertrand Russell und Ludwig Wittgenstein begegnen einander zum ersten Mal. Russell notiert in seinem Tagebuch: „Nach der Vorlesung kam ein hitziger Deutscher, um mit mir zu streiten […] Eigentlich ist es reine Zeitverschwendung, mit ihm zu reden.“
November 16 →Bertrand Russell wird wegen seines Pazifismus von der University of Cambridge suspendiert.
July 11 →The Russell-Einstein Manifesto is released by Bertrand Russell in London, England, United Kingdom.
July 9 →en Londres (Reino Unido), el filósofo Bertrand Russell lanza la Campaña para el Desarme Nuclear.
February 24 →3rd Earl Russell, English mathematician, writer and philosopher, Nobel laureate (b. 1872)
February 2 →More from the Victorian Era
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