| Authorised form of name | Russell; Bertrand Arthur William (1872 - 1970); 3rd Earl Russell |
| Dates | 1872 - 1970 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Trelleck, Monmouthshire, England |
| Date of birth | 18 May 1872 |
| Place of death | His home, Plas Penrhyn, Merionethshire |
| Date of death | 02/02/1970 |
| Research field | Mathematical logic |
| Activity | Education:
MA
Medals and prizes:
Nobel Prize (Literature) 1950
Honours:
OM 1949 |
| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 07/05/1908 |
| Royal Society activity | Medals and prizes:
Sylvester Medal 1934 |
| Relationships | Succeeded his brother, John Francis Stanley Russell, as 3rd Earl (March 1931) |
| Sources | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB; DSB
Obituaries:
Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 1973 vol 19 pp 583-620, plate, by G Kreisel
References:
Ivor Grattan-Guinness, 'At the Feet of Whitehead', review of Victor Lowe, Alfred North Whitehead. The Man and His Work. Vol 1 (1861-1910), Vol 2 (1910-1947) in NR 1991 vol 45 pp 271-276
Ivor Grattan-Guinness, 'Bertrand Russell (1872-1970) After Twenty Years', essay review in NR 1990 vol 44 pp 280-306, plate
Nicholas Griffin and Albert C Lewis, 'Bertrand Russell's Mathematical Education' in NR 1990 vol 44 pp 51-71
I Gratton-Guinness, 'The Royal Society's Financial Support of the Publication of Whitehead and Russell's Principia Mathematica' in NR 1975-6 vol 30 pp 89-104
G V R Born, FRS, 'The wide-ranging family history of Max Born' in NR 2002 vol 56 pp 219-262 |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/36924137 |
| Royal Society code | NA1187 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| Reference number | Title | Date |
| EC/1908/15 | Russell, Bertrand Arthur William, 3rd Earl Russell: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| IM/003933 | Russell, Bertrand Arthur William, 3rd Earl Russell | nd |
| IM/003931 | Russell, Bertrand Arthur William, 3rd Earl Russell | nd |
| IM/003932 | Russell, Bertrand Arthur William, 3rd Earl Russell | nd |
| IM/003930 | Russell, Bertrand Arthur William, 3rd Earl Russell | nd |
| IM/Meitner Graf/003934 | Russell, Bertrand Arthur William, 3rd Earl Russell | 1969 |
| PB/8/28/3/2 | Correspondence with colleagues and friends after delivery and publication of Blackett's Presidential Address to the British Academy. | c.1957 |
| PB/6/3/2/7 | Correspondence with Bertrand Russell re disarmament | 1963 |
| NLB/37/871 | Copy Letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to W [William] Barlow, Fellow of the Royal Society | 26 May 1908 |
| NLB/61/347 | Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to the Honorary [Bertrand Arthur William] Russell, FRS | 20 June 1921 |
| IM/003929 | Russell, Bertrand Arthur William, 3rd Earl Russell | nd |
| IM/003928 | Russell, Bertrand Arthur William, 3rd Earl Russell | nd |
| IM/003935 | Russell, Bertrand Arthur William, 3rd Earl Russell | 1962 |