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Bertrand Russell (1872–1970)

Author of A History of Western Philosophy

Includes the names: Bertrand Russel, Bertrand Rusell, Bertrand Rusell, Bertran Russell, Bertand Russell, B. ラッセル, Bertrnd Russell, Betrand Russell, Bertrand Russel, Bertrand Russell ... (see complete list), Burtrand Russell, Bērtrands Rasels, Bertrand Russell, Earl, Bertrand Arthur Russell, 3rd Earl. Bertrand Russell, Бертран Рассел, Бертран Рассел, バートランド ラッセル, Correspondentie Bertrand Russell, Bertrand Russell Unwin Books 1966, Bertrand; Bertrand Russell Russell

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Canonical name
Russell, Bertrand
Legal name
Russell, Bertrand Arthur William, 3rd Earl
Other names
Bertie
Date of birth
1872-05-18
Date of death
1970-02-02
Burial location
Colwyn Bay, Wales, UK (cremated)
Gender
male
Nationality
UK (Birth)
Country (for map)
UK
Birthplace
Ravenscroft, Wales, UK
Place of death
Penrhyndeudraeth, Wales, UK
Places of residence
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
Trelleck, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK
Peking, China
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Los Angeles, California, USA
Education
University of Cambridge (Trinity College)
Occupations
philosopher
mathematician
professor
Relationships
Russell, Dora (2nd wife, divorced)
Finch, Edith (4th wife)
Russell, Conrad (son)
von Arnim, Elizabeth (sister-in-law)
Russell, Lord John (grandfather)
Organizations
American Academy of Arts and Letters ( [1951])
Aristotelian Society (President)
Cambridge Apostles
Royal Society ( [1908])
Trinity College, Cambridge
Awards and honors
Fellow of the Royal Society (1908)
Hereditary Peerage (1931)
Sylvester Medal (1934)
De Morgan Medal (1932)
Judicially pronounced unworthy to be Professor of Philosophy at the College of the City of New York (1940)
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Julie Medlock
Anton Felton
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