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The Connections of Bertrand Russell

British philosopher and logician (1872–1970) Every person recorded alongside Bertrand Russell in the archive: family, teachers, students, influences, and the contemporaries who shared the same years.

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Family & Connections

People recorded alongside Bertrand Russell in the ledgers of the archive.

Parents
John Russell, Viscount Amberley, Katharine Russell, Viscountess Amberley
Spouses
Alys Pearsall Smith, Dora Russell, Patricia Russell, Countess Russell, Edith Finch Russell
Children
Conrad Russell, 5th Earl Russell, John Russell, 4th Earl Russell, Katharine Tait, Lady Harriet Russell
Siblings
Frank Russell, 2nd Earl Russell
Teachers
George Frederick Stout
Students
Philip Jourdain
Influenced by
Euclid, John Stuart Mill, Georg Cantor, Baruch Spinoza, Giuseppe Peano, Augustus De Morgan, Gottlob Frege, George Santayana, Alexius Meinong
Influenced
Jawaharlal Nehru, Stephen Hawking, Richard Dawkins, Buckminster Fuller

Alive in the same years

Records in the archive whose lifetimes overlapped the years 1872 to 1970.