On this day of history, the death of philosopher Bertrand Russell

Bertrand Arthur William Russell is a British philosopher, logic, mathematician, historian, social worker, non-violent and social critic.

In the beginning of 1900, he led the rebellion against British ideology. He is considered as one of the founders of Analytical Philosophy. He and Whitehead together wrote a book called Principia Mathematica. Where they tried to establish mathematics on the basis of reasoning. His philosophical article "On Deigning" is considered as a model of philosophy. His writings mainly influence logic, math, set theory, linguistics and philosophy. He was an anti-war and anti-imperialist personality. He had been imprisoned for some time during World War I for preaching his non-violent doctrine. Not only that, he campaigned against Hitler and criticized America's involvement in the Vietnam War.

Bertrand obtained the title of Order of Merit in 1949 and won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1950. Bertrand Russell died at the age of 97 in 1970.