Frank Ramsey (mathematician)
| Frank Ramsey | |
|---|---|
| Ramsey, c. 1921 | |
| Born | Frank Plumpton Ramsey 22 February 1903 | 
| Died | 19 January 1930 (aged 26) | 
| Spouse | |
| Children | 2 | 
| Education | |
| Education | Trinity College, Cambridge (BA, 1923) | 
| Philosophical work | |
| Era | 20th-century philosophy | 
| Region | Western philosophy | 
| School | Analytic philosophy | 
| Institutions | King's College, Cambridge | 
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Frank Plumpton Ramsey (/ˈræmzi/; 22 February 1903 – 19 January 1930) was a British philosopher, mathematician, and economist who made major contributions to all three fields before his death at the age of 26. He was a close friend of Ludwig Wittgenstein and, as an undergraduate, translated Wittgenstein's Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus into English. He was also influential in persuading Wittgenstein to return to philosophy and Cambridge. Like Wittgenstein, he was a member of the Cambridge Apostles, the secret intellectual society, from 1921.