Definition for Whitehead, Alfred North
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Whitehead, Alfred North (1861 to 1947): Mathematician and Idealist philosopher, born in England, UK. He studied at Cambridge, where he was senior lecturer in mathematics until 1910. He then taught at London (1910-14), becoming professor of applied mathematics at Imperial College (1914-24), and was then professor of philosophy at Harvard (1924-37). He collaborated with his one-time pupil, Bertrand Russell, in writing the Principia Mathematica (1910-13).