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Born
Bertrand Russell was born to a family of British Aristocrats, but by the time he was 6, his sister, his parents, and his grandfather had died. He was left to be raised by his grandmother, Countess Russell. -
Trinity College
Throughout most of his childhood, Bertrand Russell stayed in isolation. This ended when he attended Trinity College at the University of Cambridge to study mathematics. -
Marriage
Bertrand Russell married Miss Alys Pearsall Smith, and after spending some time in Berlin, they moved to live near Haslemere. -
The Principles of Mathematics
Bertrand Russell wrote his first important book where he and his friend Dr. Alfred Whitehead tried to develop the mathematical logic of Peano and Frege. -
Principia Mathematica
Bertrand Russell and Alfred Whitehead wrote this three volume work which attempted to describe a set of axioms in symbolic logic that could prove all mathematical truths. -
Imprisonment and Introduction to Mathematical Philosophy
He was imprisoned for 6 months for a pacifistic article he wrote in the Tribunal. It was in prison where he wrote his Introduction to Mathematical Philosophy which was intended as a popularization of Principia Mathematica. -
Second Marriage
Bertrand Russell marries his second wife Dora Black, a young graduate of Girton College, Cambridge. They had two children: John and Kate. -
Beacon Hill
Bertrand and Dora set up their own school as an experiment in primary education. -
Third Marriage
Bertrand marries Patricia Spence, a young Oxford undergraduate and they had a son named Conrad. -
University of Chicago and UCLA
From 1938 to 1944, Bertrand lived in the US and taught lectures at University of Chicago and University of California at Los Angeles. -
Order of Merit
Bertrand was inducted into the Order of Merit. -
Nobel Prize
Bertrand won the Nobel Prize for literature. -
Fourth Marriage
At the age of 80, Bertrand married his fourth wife Edith Finch. -
Second Imprisonment
At the age of 89, Bertrand was imprisoned by the British judiciary system for his connections in anti-nuclear protests. -
Death
At the age of 98, Bertrand Russell passed away in Penrhyndeudraeth, United Kingdom. -
Bertrand Russell
Bertrand Russell was one of the most influential philosophers and scientists of the modern time.
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