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Birth - Death
Bertrand Russell was born on May 18th, 1872 in Trelleck, Monmouthshire, UK. Russell died on February 2, 1970 at Penrhyndeudraeth, Wales. Bertrand Arthur William Russell was born in 1872 and lived for nearly 100 years until 1970. He was born into a prominent aristocratic family in the United Kingdom. Both of Russell’s parents died within 4 years of his birth, and he was mainly raised by his grandmother. -
Awarded first-class B.A in Mathematics
In 1893, he received a first-class B.A. degree in Mathematics from Trinity College, Cambridge. In 1895, he received a fellowship from Trinity College after his essay on the foundations of Geometry. -
The Principles of Mathmatecis
While Bertrand Russell published over 100 essays and books, all of which helped to distinguish his career, one of those books stand out as being his most influential: The Principles of Mathematics. In Russell’s book The Principles of Mathematics, he argued his thesis and stated that logic and mathematics are identical. This is also the book he published that introduced “Russell’s paradox”, a discovery by Russell that showed a contradiction to Georg Cantor’s naïve set theory. -
The Problems of Philosophy
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A History of Western Philosophy
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Receives Nobel Prize for Literature
In 1950, Bertrand Russell was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. Russell used his acceptance speech as a platform to speak about the social activism that he took great interest in. -
Video - Who was Bertrand Russell?
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References
Irvine, David A. "Bertrand Russell." stanford.edu, 29 June 2017, plato.stanford.edu/entries/russell/. "Notable Philosophical Achievements of Bertrand Russell." freeforall.org, 4 July 2019,
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References
Russell, Bertrand, and A N. Whitehead. The Principles of Mathematics. 1 ed., Cambridge University
Press, 1903. "Who Was Bertrand Russell? (Famous Philosopher)." youtube.com, Carneades.org, 16 Apr. 2017,
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uxh8x1LEnQk.