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  2. Marriage and Morals - Wikipedia

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    Marriage and Morals prompted vigorous protests against and denunciations of Russell during his visit to the United States shortly after the book's publication. [2] A decade later, the book, along with his protest against US involvement in World War II and his generally controversial position in public discourse, cost him his professorial appointment at the City College of New York, owing to a ...

  3. The Bertrand Russell Case - Wikipedia

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    In 1940, Bertrand Russell was hired by the City College of New York to teach classes on logic, mathematics, and metaphysics of science. This appointment was made controversial by William Thomas Manning, the Episcopal Bishop of New York City, who argued that due to Bertrand Russell's writings against religion and approval of sexual acts disapproved of by traditional Christian teachings, he ...

  4. Bertrand Russell - Wikipedia

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    The reason for the resignation, according to Hardy, was that Russell was going through a tumultuous time in his personal life with a divorce and subsequent remarriage. Russell contemplated asking Trinity for another one-year leave of absence but decided against it since this would have been an "unusual application" and the situation had the ...

  5. Alys Pearsall Smith - Wikipedia

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    On 13 December 1894, Smith married Bertrand Russell, son of the Viscount and Viscountess Amberley [2] in the Quaker Meeting House in St. Martin's Lane, London, England. They separated in 1911 and divorced in 1921. [3] According to Russell's autobiography, she was also an intimate friend of Walt Whitman. [4]

  6. Political views of Bertrand Russell - Wikipedia

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    The Bertrand Russell Peace Foundation and its publishing imprint Spokesman Books [8] began work in 1963 to carry forward Russell's work for peace, human rights and social justice. Russell criticised the official account of the assassination of John F. Kennedy in " 16 Questions on the Assassination ", 1964. [ 9 ]

  7. Philosophical views of Bertrand Russell - Wikipedia

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    The aspects of Bertrand Russell's views on philosophy cover the changing viewpoints of philosopher and mathematician Bertrand Russell (1872–1970), from his early writings in 1896 until his death in February 1970.

  8. Patricia Russell - Wikipedia

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    Patricia Russell, Countess Russell (1910 – 2004) was the third wife of philosopher Bertrand Russell and a significant contributor to his book A History of Western Philosophy. [1] Lady Russell was born Marjorie Helen Spence in 1910. As her parents had always wanted a boy, she was known as 'Peter', a nickname she retained throughout her life.

  9. Frank Russell, 2nd Earl Russell - Wikipedia

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    John Francis Stanley Russell, 2nd Earl Russell, known as Frank Russell (12 August 1865 – 3 March 1931), was a British nobleman, barrister and politician, the elder brother of the philosopher Bertrand Russell, and the grandson of John Russell, 1st Earl Russell, who was twice prime minister of Britain.