The Nobel Prize in Literature 1950
Awarded on: 1950-11-10
"in recognition of his varied and significant writings in which he champions humanitarian ideals and freedom of thought"
Earl (Bertrand Arthur William) Russell
Born: 1872-05-18 in Trelleck, United Kingdom
Gender: male
Field: Mathematician and philosopher
Biography
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.