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Bertrand Russell

Also known as Bertrand Arthur William Russell, Bertrand Russell, 3rd Earl Russell, Bertrand Russell, Earl Russell, Bertrand Arthur William Russell, 3rd Earl Russell, Russell

British philosopher and logician (1872–1970)

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Bertrand Russell was a highly influential British philosopher and logician who lived from 1872 to 1970 and made major contributions to understanding logic, mathematics, and philosophy. He matters because his work fundamentally shaped modern philosophy and logical thinking, and he was also a prominent public intellectual who advocated for social and political causes throughout his long life.

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Film & TV

Known for

Great Thinkers: In Their Own Words — Self (archive footage)2011
Man's Peril: The Making of Good Times Wonderful Times — Self (archive footage)2008
40 Minutes1981
Aman — Himself (as Lord Bertrand Russell)1967
Exit 19 — Self1966
The Threatening Sky — Himself1966
Five More — Bertrand Russell1966
The David Susskind Show — Self1959
Small World — Self1958

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Nobel Prize

The Nobel Prize in Literature1950
“in recognition of his varied and significant writings in which he champions humanitarian ideals and freedom of thought”

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Given name: William
Family name: Russell
Gender: male
Citizenship: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Place of birth: Trellech
Place of death: Penrhyndeudraeth
Father: John Russell, Viscount Amberley
Mother: Katharine Russell, Viscountess Amberley
Sibling: Frank Russell, 2nd Earl Russell
Occupation: pacifist
Educated at: Trinity College
Employer: London School of Economics and Political Science
Political party: Liberal Party
Languages spoken: English language
Native language: English language
Religion: agnosticism
Award: Sonning Prize
Noble title: count
Doctoral advisor: Alfred North Whitehead
Student of: George Frederick Stout
Doctoral student: Ludwig Wittgenstein
Field of work: philosophy
Movement: Western philosophy

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Image: Bertrand Russell photo.jpg
Work location: England
Significant event: Bukken Bruse disaster
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influenced by: George Boole
member of: Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei
topic's main category: Category:Bertrand Russell
Commons category: Bertrand Russell
date of birth: 1872-05-18
date of death: 1970-02-02
medical condition: influenza
student: Philip Jourdain
name in native language: Bertrand Arthur William Russell
manner of death: natural causes
nominated for: Nobel Peace Prize
cause of death: influenza
birth name: Bertrand Arthur William Russell
time period: contemporary philosophy
place of detention: HM Prison Brixton
writing language: English language
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Works in European collections

2 objects attributed to Bertrand Russell, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

German social democracy : six lectures

An essay on the foundations of geometry

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Encyclopedic overview

Bertrand Arthur William Russell, 3rd Earl Russell (18 May 1872 – 2 February 1970), was an English philosopher, logician, mathematician, and public intellectual. He influenced mathematics, logic, set theory, and various areas of analytic philosophy.

He was one of the early 20th century's prominent logicians and a founder of analytic philosophy, along with his predecessor Gottlob Frege, his friend and colleague G. E. Moore, and his student and protégé Ludwig Wittgenstein. Russell with Moore led the British "revolt against idealism". Together with his former teacher Alfred North Whitehead, Russell wrote Principia Mathematica, a milestone in the development of classical logic and a major attempt to reduce the whole of mathematics to logic (see logicism). Russell's article "On Denoting" has been considered a "paradigm of philosophy".

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