Bertrand Russell
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Born | Bertrand Arthur William Russell 1872-05-18 Trellech, Monmouthshire, United Kingdom |
Died | 1970-02-02 (Age 97) Penrhyndeudraeth, Wales, United Kingdom |
Nationality | British |
Alma mater | Trinity College (Cambridge) |
Spouse | Alys Pearsall Smith |
Founder of | Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, Pugwash Conferences |
Member of | Coefficients (dining club), Fabian Society |
Interest of | Ralph Schoenman |
Bertrand Arthur William Russell, 3rd Earl Russell, was a British philosopher, logician, mathematician, historian, writer, social critic, political activist and Nobel laureate. At various points in his life he considered himself a liberal, a socialist, and a pacifist, but he also admitted that he had "never been any of these things, in any profound sense". He was born in Monmouthshire into one of the most prominent aristocratic families in the United Kingdom.
Contents
Books
The Impact of Science on Society (1952)
Resources
- Andrew G. Bone Bertrand Russell as cold war propagandist
(The Bertrand Russell Society Quarterly February-May 2005 / Numbers 125-126, BERTRAND RUSSELL AND THE COLD WAR.)
Events Participated in
Event | Start | End | Location(s) | Description |
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1948 Hague Congress | 7 May 1948 | 11 May 1948 | Netherlands The Hague | Landmark conference which had a profound influence on the shape of the European Movement. Many of the groups organizing the conference received covert funding from the CIA. |
Congress for Cultural Freedom/Founding Conference | 26 June 1950 | 29 June 1950 | Founded the Congress for Cultural Freedom. The participants had a "a culpable incuriosity about funding" of the luxurious conference, which was later exposed as CIA money. |
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