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Alfred North Whitehead Biography
Mathematician / Philosopher
Alfred North Whitehead began teaching mathematics in 1884 at Trinity College in Cambridge, England. Between 1910 and 1913 he published the three-volume work Principia Mathematica with his former student, Bertrand Russell, an attempt to define the logical foundation of science and mathematics. Whitehead taught in England until 1924, when he moved to the United States to accept a chair in philosophy from Harvard University. In 1929 he published Process and Reality, and spent the rest of his life writing and lecturing on what is called process theology.
Four Good Links
Alfred North Whitehead for the Muddleheaded
One guy's description of how he liked what he read
Alfred North Whitehead
Good description from Stanford University
Process Philosophy and the New Thought Movement
An attempt to explain Whitehead's philosophy, with many related links
Alfred North Whitehead
Brief biography and some pertinent links
Vital Stats
Birth
Birthplace
Ramsgate, Isle of Thanet, Kent, England
Death
30 December 1947
(age 86)
Best Known As
Mathematician who turned to metaphysics and religion