It happened on FEBRUARY 2

1612

The Jesuit priest Christopher Clavius died in Rome. He was a German astronomer and mathematician. Under the papacy of Gregory XIII, he worked on the modern Gregorian calendar.

1970

Bertrand A.W. Russell died close to his hundredth birthday, at Plas Penrhyndendraeth (Wales). He was an English philosopher, logician, and mathematician. A member of the Circle of Vienna, he was an exponent of neo-positivism and a staunch supporter of superseding metaphysics. He took part, together with the Jesuit philosopher Frederick Copleston, in a famous radio debate on the BBC about the existence of God.

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