Bertrand Russell

Bertrand Russell was an English mathematician and philosopher, a founder of analytic philosophy and one of the leading philosophers of the twentieth century. He did pioneering work in logic, set theory and the philosophy of language. He was orphaned at four and raised by his grandmother, and he won a scholarship to Trinity College, Cambridge. He was also known for his outspoken pacifism and wrote popular books such as Proposed Roads to Freedom, published in 1918.