Bertrand Russell was an upper-class English philosopher who was born on May 18th, 1872. He came from a long line of left-wing academics and after the death of his parents when he was only four years old, he was raised by his Grandmother. She valued education enormously and dedicated herself to providing him with the best education possible; this paid off when he was accepted to study Math at the prestigious Cambridge University in 1890. Math sparked his interest in logic and philosophy and he published his first book on the subject in 1897. Unlike the majority of philosophers, Russell achieved almost celebrity-like status. He is also unique in that it is possible to trace the evolution of his own philosophical thought by following his career from beginning to end.