Objective of Learning: To understand the historical and institutional context of divorce among selected intellectual figures of the twentieth century.
HISTORICAL CONTEXT
● Divorce is a legal dissolution of marriage recognized by state or institutional authority.
● The term derives from the Latin divortium, meaning separation of ways.
● The institution of divorce reflects changing social, cultural, and legal structures. 📜
● In modern intellectual history, divorce often intersects with public life and philosophical commitments.
● Notable thinkers such as Bertrand Russell and Albert Einstein experienced divorce during the twentieth century.
● The chronology of these divorces illustrates the evolving role of personal relations in intellectual biography. ⚖️
BIOGRAPHICAL ACCOUNTS
● Bertrand Russell, born in 1872 and deceased in 1970, was a British philosopher and Nobel laureate.
● He married Alys Pearsall Smith in 1894 and divorced her in 1921.
● He married Dora Black in 1921 and divorced her in 1935. 🕰️
● He married Patricia Spence in 1936 and divorced her in 1952.
● He married Edith Finch in 1952 and remained with her until his death in 1970. 🌍
● Albert Einstein, born in 1879 and deceased in 1955, was a physicist recognized as a universal thinker.
● He married Mileva Marić in 1903 and divorced her in 1919.
● He married Elsa Löwenthal in 1919 and remained with her until her death in 1936. 💡
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