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David Pinsent | |
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| Born | David Hume Pinsent 24 May 1891 Edgbaston, Birmingham, England |
| Died | 8 May 1918 (aged 26) |
| Cause of death | Plane crash |
| Nationality | British |
| Education | Trinity College, Cambridge (First-class Honours, Mathematics) |
| Occupation(s) | Test Pilot at Royal Aircraft Establishment, Farnborough |
| Family | David Hume |
David Hume Pinsent (/ˈpɪnˌsɛnt/; 24 May 1891 – 8 May 1918)[1] was a collaborator and an alleged lover of the Austrian philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein.[2] Wittgenstein's Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus (1922) is dedicated to Pinsent's memory.[3][4]
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
Lonerswas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Monk, Ray (1990). Ludwig Wittgenstein: The Duty of Genius. Free Press. pp. 583–586. ISBN 978-1-4481-1267-8.
- ^ Galison, Peter Louis; Roland, Alex (2000). Atmospheric Flight in the Twentieth Century. Springer. p. 360. ISBN 0-7923-6037-0.
- ^ Goldstein, Laurence (1999). Clear and Queer Thinking. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 179. ISBN 0-8476-9546-8.