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Name: Bertrand Arthur William Russell
Variant Name: Russell, 3d Earl
Birth Date: May 18, 1872
Death Date: February 2, 1970
Place of Birth: Ravenscroft, Wales
Place of Death: Penrhyndendraeth, Wales
Nationality: Welsh
Gender: Male
Occupations: mathematician, philosopher

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Biography of Bertrand Arthur William Russell
1,380 words, approx. 5 pages
The Welsh mathematician, philosopher, and social reformer Bertrand Arthur William Russell, 3d Earl Russell (1872-1970), made original and decisive contributions to logic and mathematics and wrote with distinction in all fields of philosophy. Bertrand...
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Biography of Bertrand Arthur William Russell
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Russell was born to an aristocratic family that had long been active in British social and political life. His grandfather, John Russell (1792-1878), served twice as Prime Minister of England, and his parents strongly supported most of the progressive...
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Biography of Bertrand (Arthur William) Russell
11,358 words, approx. 38 pages
Bertrand Russell was well known during his lifetime as a controversial public figure; in retrospect, he has been evaluated primarily as a philosopher and social critic. As a public figure he opposed World War I, supported World War II, headed a...
 


Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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Russell, Bertrand Summary
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Bertrand Arthur William Russell (1872–1970) was a British philosopher, logician, mathematician, and essayist as well as a champion of humanitarian ideals and influential critic of nuclear weapons. Best known as one of the founders of analytic...
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Bertrand Russell and the Paradoxes of Set Theory Summary
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Bertrand Russell's discovery and proposed solution of the paradox that bears his name at the beginning of the twentieth century had important effects on both set theory and mathematical logic. At about the same time in the 1870s, Georg Cantor...
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Bertrand Arthur Russell Summary
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1872-1970 British mathematician and philosopher. The son of an earl, Russell was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge. In 1903 Russell published a book on the Principles of Mathematics. Over the years 1910-13 Russell and philosopher Alfred North...
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Russell, Bertrand Arthur William (1872–1970) Summary
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Russell, Bertrand Arthur William(1872–1970) Bertrand Arthur William Russell, the British philosopher, mathematician, and social reformer, was born in Trelleck, Wales. He was the grandson of Lord John Russell, who introduced the Reform Bill of...
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Bertrand Russell Information
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<p>Bertrand Arthur William Russell, 3rd Earl Russell, OM, FRS, (18 May 1872 – 2 February 1970), was a British philosopher, historian, logician, mathematician, advocate for social reform, pacifist, and prominent rationalist. A prolific writer, he...


News and Journals
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Reuters historical calendar - February 2
1/26/2008: 310 words, approx. 1 pages
Jan 26 (Reuters) - Following are some of the major events to have occurred on February 2 since 1900: 1918 - John L. (Lawrence) Sullivan, U.S. professional boxer, died; he won the world heavyweight boxing title as a bareknuckle fighter in 1882 and lost...
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Files reveal struggles of The New Leader
2/3/2007: 1,028 words, approx. 3 pages
George Orwell, Arthur Miller and Bertrand Russell have been among its contributors. Influential texts have included Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev's then-secret denunciation of Stalin and the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "Letter From a Birmingham Jail."The New Leader, founded in 1924, is a chronically underfunded...
 


Criticism and Essays
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The Metaphysical Philosophy of Bertrand Russell
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A biography of philosopher Bertand Russell whose classic work, "Analysis of the Mind," shows the connections between Russell's views on the nature of the mind and how matter is altered in relation to it.


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