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  1. www.britannica.com › biography › Bertrand-RussellBertrand Russell | Biography, Essays, Philosophy, & Facts

    Jun 21, 2024 · Bertrand Russell, British philosopher and logician, founding figure in the analytic movement in Anglo-American philosophy, and recipient of the 1950 Nobel Prize for Literature. His contributions to logic, epistemology, and the philosophy of mathematics made him one of the foremost philosophers of the 20th century.

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  3. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Bertrand_RussellBertrand Russell - Wikipedia

    Bertrand Russell. Bertrand Arthur William Russell, 3rd Earl Russell, OM, FRS [7] (18 May 1872 – 2 February 1970) was a British mathematician, logician, philosopher, and public intellectual. He had influence on mathematics, logic, set theory, and various areas of analytic philosophy. [8]

  4. plato.stanford.edu › entries › russellBertrand Russell - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

    Dec 7, 1995 · Bertrand Arthur William Russell (1872–1970) was a British philosopher, logician, essayist and social critic best known for his work in mathematical logic and analytic philosophy.

  5. russell.humanities.mcmaster.ca › about-russell › russells-lifeRussell’s Life – The Bertrand Russell Research Centre

    Bertrand Russell, the third Earl Russell, is the twentieth century’s most important liberal thinker, one of two or three of its major philosophers, and a prophet for millions of the creative and rational life.

  6. www.nobelprize.org › prizes › literatureBertrand Russell – Biographical - NobelPrize.org

    Biographical. Bertrand Arthur William Russell was born at Trelleck on 18th May, 1872. His parents were Viscount Amberley and Katherine, daughter of 2nd Baron Stanley of Alderley. At the age of three he was left an orphan. His father had wished him to be brought up as an agnostic; to avoid this he was made a ward of Court, and brought up by his ...

  7. www.biographyonline.net › writers › bertrand-russellBertrand Russell Biography | Biography Online

    Short Biography Bertrand Russell. Bertrand Russell was born 18 May 1872 in Trellech Monmouthshire, Wales. His family were part of the British aristocracy, with a reputation for a liberal outlook. Following his father’s death, he was looked after by his grandparents.

  8. mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk › Biographies › RussellBertrand Russell (1872 - 1970) - Biography - MacTutor History of...

    Biography. Bertrand Russell published a large number of books on logic, the theory of knowledge, and many other topics. He is one of the most important logicians of the 20th Century. Russell's Mathematical Contributions.