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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Married. John Conrad Russell, Viscount Amberley, 24, son of Bertrand Russell, Britain's Socialist philosopher-earl and mathematician; and Susan Doniphan Lindsay, 20, daughter of the late U.S. poet Vachel Lindsay; in Washington...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Sep. 9, 1946 | 9/9/1946 | See Source »

...most distinguished rebels of his generation finally had a job last week that suited him. It was high time. Bertrand Arthur William Russell, 71, by primogeniture third Earl Russell and Viscount Amberley, in his own right a world-famed mathematician and philosopher, accepted a Cambridge fellowship. It was offered him by his famed alma mater, Trinity College, which in 1916 dismissed him for a pacifism he no longer holds...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: The Earl Goes Home | 1/31/1944 | See Source »

Died. Percival Christopher Wren, 56, adventure-writer (Beau Geste, Beau Sa-breur); of heart disease; in Amberley, England. A soldier-adventurer, he drew on his own experiences for much of his literary material. He was at various times a sailor, explorer, schoolteacher, boxer, major in the Indian Army. He was assistant director of education and physical culture for the Bombay Government for ten years. At his death his widow observed: "His life was one long beau geste...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Dec. 1, 1941 | 12/1/1941 | See Source »

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