Alfred North Whitehead
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English mathematician and philosopher (1861-1947)
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Born
February 15, 1861
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Died
December 30, 1947
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Birthplace
Ramsgate
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Nationality
United Kingdom
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Spouse(s)
Evelyn Ada Maud Rice Willoughby-Wade
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Children
Thomas North Whitehead
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"Knowledge shrinks as wisdom grows."
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"Civilization advances by extending the number of important operations which we can perform without thinking of them."
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"Wisdom alone is true ambition's aim, wisdom is the source of virtue and of fame; obtained with labour, for mankind employed, and then, when most you share it, best enjoyed."
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"No one who achieves success does so without acknowledging the help of others. The wise and confident acknowledge this help with gratitude."
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"Not ignorance, but ignorance of ignorance, is the death of knowledge."
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"Religion is the last refuge of human savagery."
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"True courage is not the brutal force of vulgar heroes, but the firm resolve of virtue and reason."
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