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In 1890, Albert North Whitehead was a teacher where a man by the name of Bertrand Russell was one of his students. The pair became very close, and in 1900 they both attended the First International Congress of Philosophy in Paris. They were intrigued by another mathematician, Giuseppe Peano and began to follow his work. Russell continued to study his work, and then gathered his own theories and methods and published his own reading, Principles of Mathematics in 1903.
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During this period, Whitehead worked at Trinity College as the head of the mathematics department. From the college, he was to work for 25 years and no less. In 1910, he left the college without having employment elsewhere, and his family supported him.
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During this period, both Whitehead and Russell collaborated their ideas and theories and wrote three volumes of their book, Principia Mathematica. All three volumes were published by 1910, and both men shared the credit equally.
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Whitehead wrote his first book titled "An Introduction to Mathematics" in 1911 while employed at the university. In 1914, he was appointed to professor of applied mathematics at the Imperial College of Science and Technology.
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During this time, Whitehead was the most popular person in the Philosophy of Science field. He was offered employment by Harvard, at the age of 63 years old. He was also a metaphysician.
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Lowe, Victor. “Alfred North Whitehead.” Encyclopædia Britannica. Encyclopædia Britannica, inc., February 11, 2020. https://www.britannica.com/biography/Alfred-North-Whitehead.
