Alfred North Whitehead
At a glance:
- Series: Dictionary of World Biography: Twentieth Century
- Categories: Philosophy, Literature, Publishing, Science
- Subcategories: Philosophers, Mathematics, Mathematicians
- Curriculum: 20th & 21st Century European History, 19th Century European History, British History
Article abstract: Striving for a more comprehensive and unified system of human knowledge, Whitehead made major contributions to mathematical logic and produced a wholly original and modern metaphysics.
Early Life
Alfred North Whitehead was born on February 15, 1861, in the town of Ramsgate on the Isle of Thanet, County of Kent, England. He was the last of four children born to Alfred Whitehead, a schoolmaster and clergyman, and Maria Sarah Buckmaster. Whitehead’s father was a typical Victorian country vicar who tirelessly tended to the needs of the...
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