Bertrand Russell (Caroline Era)

The Third Earl Russell, generally known as Bertrand Russell (18th May, 1872 - 2nd February, 1970) was an English philosopher and political activist, and one of the founders of the dominant Anglophone strand of academic Western philosophy, the analytical tradition. He was involved in the investigation of number theory and rediscovered the works of the nineteenth century figure Gottlob Frege. He also attempted and failed to establish that mathematics could be reduced to logic. After his death, an extensive unfinished and unpublished work on this matter was discovered among his possessions. After extensive analysis, it was generally agreed that this work was a heroic attempt but ultimately doomed to failure.

He was also instrumental in the foundation of the CND and was active in a number of social concerns of the time.