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Bertrand Russell

(1872—1970) philosopher, journalist, and political campaigner

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Russell, Bertrand

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The Oxford International Encyclopedia of Peace

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2010
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Bertrand Russell (1872–1970) became an orphan at an early age and was, as he once pointed out when

Russell, Bertrand Arthur William, 3rd Earl

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World Encyclopedia

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2004
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Encyclopedias
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A fellow at Trinity College, Cambridge, his pupils included Ludwig Wittgenstein. Russell's most influential work, the monumental Principia Mathematica

Russell, Bertrand Arthur William, 3rd Earl Russell

Russell, Bertrand Arthur William, 3rd Earl Russell (1872–1970)   Reference library

The Continuum Encyclopedia of British Philosophy

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Bertrand Russell was born on 18 May 1872 at Ravenscroft, near Tintern in Monmouthshire and died on 2 February 1970

Russell, Bertrand

Russell, Bertrand   Reference library

Mark Sainsbury

The Oxford Companion to Philosophy (2 ed.)

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2005
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Philosophy
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(1872–1970). Third Earl Russell, British philosopher, mathematician, Nobel Prize-winner (Literature, 1950), civil-rights activist, and public figure. His most important ... More
Russell, Bertrand

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The Oxford Companion to Twentieth-Century Literature in English

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(1872–1970), 3rd Earl Russell, British philosopher, born in Trellech, Gwent, educated at Trinity College, Cambridge. He published prolifically on a wide range of social, ... More
Russell, Bertrand

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Encyclopedia of Semiotics

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2007
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Language reference, Linguistics
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(1872–1970),

British philosopher, founder of analytic philosophy, a movement preoccupied with language and logic that has a complex

Russell, Bertrand Arthur William

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A Dictionary of Scientists

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2003
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(1872–1970) British philosopher and mathematician Russell, who was born at Trelleck, England, was orphaned at an early age and brought up in the home of his grandfather, the ... More
Russell, Bertrand Arthur William

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Richard L. Gregory

The Oxford Companion to the Mind (2 ed.)

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2006
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Science and technology, Psychology, Philosophy
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By general consent the most distinguished philosopher of the 20th century, Bertrand Russell made fundamental contributions to logic, and influenced equally academic and popular philosophy, ... More
Russell, Bertrand Arthur William, 3rd Earl

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Who's Who in the Twentieth Century

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2003
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British philosopher, logician, mathematician, and political campaigner, probably the most famous British philosopher of the century. His many honours included membership of the OM (... ... More

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