Burnard Russell
Bertrand Russell British logician and philosopher Also known as: Bertrand Arthur William Russell, 3rd Earl Russell of Kingston Russell, Viscount Amberley of Amberley and of Ardsalla Written by Fact-checked by Last Updated: Jul 31, 2024 • Article History Bertrand Russell Bertrand Russell, 1960. Top Questions What was Bertrand Russell’s childhood like? Where was Bertrand Russell educated? What did Bertrand Russell write? Bertrand Russell (born May 18, 1872, Trelleck, Monmouthshire, Wales—died February 2, 1970, Penrhyndeudraeth, Merioneth) was a British philosopher, logician, and social reformer, a founding figure in the analytic movement in Anglo-American philosophy, and recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1950. Russell’s contributions to logic, epistemology, and the philosophy of mathematics established him as one of the foremost philosophers of the 20th century. To the general public, however, he was best known as a campaigner for peace and as a popular writer on ...