Bertrand Russell

Bertrand Russell

British philosopher and logician (1872–1970)
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Bertrand Russell was born on May 18, 1872 in Ravenscroft, Trelleck, Monmouthshire, Wales as Bertrand Arthur William Russell. He was married to Edith Finch, Patricia Spence, Dora Russell and Alys Pearsall. He died on February 2, 1970 in Penrhyndeudraeth, Merioneth, Wales.

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Edith Finch (15 December 1952 - 2 February 1970) (his death)

Patricia Spence (18 January 1936 - 1952) (divorced) (1 child) Conrad Sebastian Robert Russell (15 April 1937 – 14 October 2004)

Dora Russell (27 September 1921 - 1935) separated in 1932 (divorced) (2 children) John Conrad Russell (16 November 1921) Katharine Jane Russell (29 December 1923)

Alys Pearsall (13 December 1894 - 21 September 1921) separation began in 1911 (divorced)

Relationship Lady Ottoline Morrell (1911

Lady Constance Malleson

Vivienne Haigh-Wood

Trivia (5) 1. Famous philosopher and author of books on the foundations of mathematics, the development of contemporary formal logic, and analytic philosophy. His contributions relating to mathematics include his discovery of Russell's Paradox, his defence of logicism (the view that mathematics is reducible to formal logic), his introduction of the theory of types, and his refining and popularizing of the first-order predicate calculus. 2. Father of three children: John Conrad Russell and Katharine Jane Russell (with Dora Winifred Black); and Conrad Sebastian Robert Russell, the 5th Earl Russell (with Patricia (known as "Peter") Helen Spence). 3. Founding president of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament. 4. Received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1950. 5. Narrator for the ABC-BBC radio production of "Living in an Atomic Age" (1953).

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Bertrand Arthur William Russell, 3rd Earl Russell, OM FRS (/ˈrʌsəl/; 18 May 1872 – 2 February 1970) was a British philosopher, logician, mathematician, historian, writer, essayist, social critic, political activist, and Nobel laureate. At various points in his life, Russell considered himself a liberal, a socialist and a pacifist, although he also confessed that his skeptical nature had led him to feel that he had "never been any of these things, in any profound sense." Russell was born in Monmouthshire into one of the most prominent aristocratic families in the United Kingdom.

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Bertrand Russell was born on Saturday, 18 May 1872 in Ravenscroft, Trelleck, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK. His full name at birth was Bertrand Arthur William Russell,. He was best known as a scientist. Russell's country of citizenship (nationality) was British. He died on Monday, 2 February 1970 in Penrhyndeudraeth, Caernarfonshire, United Kingdom at the age of 97. His religion is listed as Atheist. His zodiac star sign was Taurus.

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Ravenscroft, Trelleck, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK
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2 February 1970
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Penrhyndeudraeth, Caernarfonshire, United Kingdom
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Scientist
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To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.

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