English mathematician and philosopher, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1872)

Bertrand Russell

Bertrand Arthur William Russell, 3rd Earl Russell, was an English philosopher, logician, mathematician, and public intellectual. He influenced mathematics, logic, set theory, and various areas of analytic philosophy.

Born

1872

May 18

Died

1970

Era

1870s

Country

United Kingdom

About

Bertrand, in brief

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Key dates

1872 Born
1970 Died

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What else happened on this day, through history

332 Emperor Constantine the Great announces free distributions of food to the citizens in Constantinople.
872 Louis II of Italy is crowned for the second time as Holy Roman Emperor at Rome, at the age of 47. His first coronation was 28 years earlier, in 844, during the reign of his father Lothair I.
1096 First Crusade: Around 800 Jews are massacred in Worms, Germany.
1152 The future Henry II of England marries Eleanor of Aquitaine. He would become king two years later, after the death of his cousin once removed King Stephen of England.

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The world in 1970

When Bertrand departed

april 1 President Richard Nixon signs the Public Health Cigarette Smoking Act into law.
april 1 A Royal Air Maroc Sud Aviation Caravelle crashes near Berrechid, Morocco, killing 61.
april 10 Paul McCartney announces that he is leaving The Beatles for personal and professional reasons.
april 11 Apollo Program: Apollo 13 is launched.

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Same-day contemporaries

Also born on May 18

Augusto César Sandino 1895–1934 Nicaraguan rebel leader (born 1895) Jacques Santer 1937– Luxembourger jurist and politician, 22nd Prime Minister of Luxembourg Jari Kurri 1960– Finnish ice hockey player, coach, and manager Jens Bergensten 1979– Swedish video game designer, co-designed Minecraft Joan Eardley 1921–1963 British artist (born 1921) John Higgins 1975– Scottish snooker player Oliver Heaviside 1850– English engineer, mathematician, and physicist (died 1925) Simon Pagenaud 1984– French race car driver Troy Cassar-Daley 1969– Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist

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Same-year contemporaries

Also born in 1872

Alexander Scriabin 1872–1915 Russian pianist and composer (born 1872) Anna Held 1872– Polish singer (died 1918) Gotse Delchev 1872–1903 Bulgarian and Macedonian revolutionary activist (died 1903) Marcel Mauss 1872–1950 French sociologist and anthropologist (born 1872) Paul Langevin 1872–1946 French physicist and academic (born 1872) Robert Maillart 1872–1940 Swiss civil engineer (born 1872) Sidónio Pais 1872– Portuguese soldier and politician, 4th President of Portugal (died 1918) Trevor Kincaid 1872– Canadian-American zoologist and academic (died 1970) V. O. Chidambaram Pillai 1872–1936 Indian lawyer and politician (born 1872)

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