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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' in 1897, at the age of 25. This was followed by 'The Principles of Mathematics' in 1903 and 'Principia Mathematica' from 1910 to 1913. 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.

National Portrait Gallery, London

London

Title

Bertrand Arthur William Russell (1872–1970), 3rd Earl Russell

Date

1963

Medium

ceramic

Measurements

H 19 x W 9.5 x D 11 cm

Accession number

D2733

Acquisition method

donated by the widow of the artist, Shealagh J. Dickson, formerly Davien, 1977

Work type

Bust

National Portrait Gallery, London

St Martin’s Place, London, Greater London WC2H 0HE England

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Artist or maker

Geoffrey Davien

1915–1973

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