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Bertrand Russell

(1872-1970), Philosopher, mathematician and social reformer

Bertrand Arthur William Russell, 3rd Earl Russell

Sitter in 119 portraits
Grandson of the Liberal Foreign Secretary and Prime Minister, Earl (Lord John) Russell, Bertrand made significant contributions to logic, epistemology and mathematics that established him as one of the foremost philosophers of the twentieth century. He published his first work, An Essay on the Foundations of Geometry (1897), at the age of 25. This was followed by The Principles of Mathematics (1903) and Principia Mathematica (1910-13). A pacifist during the First World War, he was imprisoned in 1918. Russell gave the first Reith lectures on radio in 1949. He won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1950, and became the first President of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) in 1958.

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Bertrand Russell, by Julian Vinogradoff (née Morrell) - NPG Ax140440

Bertrand Russell

by Julian Vinogradoff (née Morrell)
vintage snapshot print, 1915
NPG Ax140440

'Picnic in the woods', by Unknown photographer - NPG Ax140441

'Picnic in the woods'

by Unknown photographer
vintage snapshot print, September 1915
NPG Ax140441

'Picnic in the woods', by Unknown photographer - NPG Ax140442

'Picnic in the woods'

by Unknown photographer
vintage snapshot print, September 1915
NPG Ax140442

'Picnic in the woods', by Unknown photographer - NPG Ax140444

'Picnic in the woods'

by Unknown photographer
vintage snapshot print, September 1915
NPG Ax140444

Garsington visitors, by Lady Ottoline Morrell - NPG Ax140546

Garsington visitors

by Lady Ottoline Morrell
vintage snapshot print, 1916
NPG Ax140546

Bertrand Russell, by Lady Ottoline Morrell - NPG Ax140608

Bertrand Russell

by Lady Ottoline Morrell
vintage snapshot print, 1917
NPG Ax140608

Bertrand Russell, by Lady Ottoline Morrell - NPG Ax140817

Bertrand Russell

by Lady Ottoline Morrell
vintage snapshot print, 1920
NPG Ax140817

Bertrand Russell, by Lady Ottoline Morrell - NPG Ax141362

Bertrand Russell

by Lady Ottoline Morrell
vintage snapshot print, 1922
NPG Ax141362

Bertrand Russell, by Lady Ottoline Morrell - NPG Ax142040

Bertrand Russell

by Lady Ottoline Morrell
vintage snapshot print, late 1924
NPG Ax142040

Bertrand Russell, by Lady Ottoline Morrell - NPG Ax142041

Bertrand Russell

by Lady Ottoline Morrell
vintage snapshot print, late 1924
NPG Ax142041

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