Whitehead and Russell In The Principles of Mathematics, published in 1903, Bertrand Russell (1872 Whitehead, Alfred...

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...

(born May 18, 1872, Trelleck, Monmouthshire, Wales—died Feb. 2, 1970, Penrhyndeudraeth, Merioneth, Wales) British philosopher, logician, and social reformer, founding figure in the analytic movement in Anglo-American philosophy, and recipient of...

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...

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...

(born May 18, 1872, Trelleck, Monmouthshire, Eng.—died Feb. 2, 1970, near Penrhyndeudraeth, Merioneth, Wales) British logician and philosopher. He is best known for his work in mathematical logic and for his advocacy on behalf of a variety of...

In The Occupation, by David Caute, a wife says sarcastically to her husband: ‘It’s a wonderful feeling to be married to Jean-Paul Sartre and Bertrand Russell.’ She is implying that he is as distinguished a philosopher and writer as...

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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