Frank Ramsey (mathematician)

Frank Ramsey
Ramsey, c. 1921
Born
Frank Plumpton Ramsey

(1903-02-22)22 February 1903
Died19 January 1930(1930-01-19) (aged 26)
Spouse
(m. 1925)
Children2
Education
EducationTrinity College, Cambridge (BA, 1923)
Philosophical work
Era20th-century philosophy
RegionWestern philosophy
SchoolAnalytic philosophy
InstitutionsKing's College, Cambridge
Main interests
Notable ideas

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.