AKA Bertrand Arthur William Russell

Born: 18-May-1872
Birthplace: Ravenscroft, Trelleck, Monmouthshire, Wales
Died: 2-Feb-1970
Location of death: Penrhyndeudraeth, Merioneth, Wales
Cause of death: Influenza
Remains: Cremated, Ashes were scattered "over the hills", Wales

Gender: Male
Religion: Agnostic
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Philosopher

Nationality: Wales
Executive summary: Mathematician, Atheist, and Social Critic

Held two titles: 3rd Earl Russell of Kingston Russell amd Viscount Amberley of Amberley and of Ardsalla.

Bertrand Russell was a prominent figure in the school of analytic philosophy. His life was marked with controversy. He was demissed from Trinity College Cambridge for his connection in anti-war protests and then later was deemed unfit to teach philosophy at the City College of New York due to his views on morality.

At Cambridge, was the supervisor of Austrian philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein.

Father: Viscount Amberley
Mother: Katherine Stanley
Wife: Alys Pearsall Smith
Wife: Dora Russell (activist, m. 1921, one son)
Son: John Conrad Russell (b. 1921)
Wife: Patricia Helen Spence ("Peter", m. 1936, div. 1952)
Son: Conrad
Wife: Edith Finch (m. 1952)

    University: Trinity College, Cambridge University
    Professor: UCLA
    Professor: City University of New York
    Professor: Trinity College, Cambridge University

    Nobel Prize for Literature 1950

Author of books:
The Principles of Mathematics (1902)
Principia Mathematica (1910-13)
The ABC of Relativity (1925)
Education and the Social Order (1932)
A History of Western Philosophy (1945)
The Impact of Science upon Society (1952)
My Philosophical Development (1959)
War Crimes in Vietnam (1967)
The Autobiography of Bertrand Russell (1967-69)
Our Knowledge of the External World (1926)
Inquiry into Meaning and Truth (1962)

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