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词条 David Pinsent
释义

  1. Early life

  2. Career

  3. First World War

  4. References

  5. External links

{{Infobox person
| name = David Pinsent
| image = 15. David Pinsent.jpg
| caption =
| birth_name = David Hume Pinsent
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1891|05|24}}
| birth_place =Edgbaston, Birmingham
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1918|05|08|1891|05|24}}
| death_place =
| death_cause = Plane Crash
| nationality = British
| education =Trinity College, Cambridge (First-class Honours, Mathematics)
| occupation = Test Pilot at Royal Aircraft Establishment, Farnborough
| family = David Hume
}}David Hume Pinsent ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|p|ɪ|n|ˌ|s|ɛ|n|t}}; 24 May 1891 – 8 May 1918)[1] was a collaborator and lover of the Austrian philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein. Wittgenstein's Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus (1922) is dedicated to Pinsent's memory.[1][2]

Early life

Pinsent, a descendant of the philosopher David Hume, was born in Edgbaston, Birmingham. He gained a first-class honours degree in mathematics at Cambridge University, where he was described by George Thomson, future master of Corpus Christi College as "the most brilliant man of my year, among the most brilliant I have ever met".[3] Pinsent then studied law.[1]

Career

He met Wittgenstein, two years older, as an undergraduate at Trinity College, Cambridge in 1912.[4] He acted as Wittgenstein's subject in psychological experiments on rhythm in speech and music, and he struck up a rapport, based on shared interests in music and mathematics.[4] That led to holidays together, including trips to Iceland and Norway, which Wittgenstein paid for.[5] His diary (1912–1914) mentions his times and travels with Wittgenstein.

First World War

During the First World War, Pinsent was deemed unsuitable for active military service. He trained as a test pilot instead and worked at the Royal Aircraft Establishment in Farnborough, where he was killed in a flying accident in May 1918.[4]

References

1. ^{{cite book |title=Atmospheric Flight in the Twentieth Century |last=Galison |first=Peter Louis |author2=Roland, Alex |year=2000 |publisher=Springer |isbn=0-7923-6037-0 |url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=JrhexWahPIgC&pg=PA360&dq=%22David+Pinsent%22&num=100&as_brr=3&sig=L9fHtgOuGekoIZEXkxrAiU004fA |page=360 }}
2. ^{{cite book |title=Clear and Queer Thinking |last=Goldstein |first=Laurence |year=1999 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |isbn=0-8476-9546-8 |url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=EvHPNoKvmf0C&pg=PA179&dq=%22David+Pinsent%22&num=100&as_brr=3&sig=s7x5-I_YjHi8QgWqSFLPSyMq7u8 |page=179 }}
3. ^{{cite book |title=Wittgenstein's Lasting Significance |last=Kölbel |first=Max |year=2004 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=0-415-30517-9 |url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=2kccxpggLeUC&pg=PT164&dq=%22David+Pinsent%22&num=100&as_brr=3&sig=WJyoQr-JrHM45c6v8oAHa_xMou8 |page=150}}
4. ^ Loners: The Life Path of Unusual Children Sula Wolff, 1995, p. 161, [https://books.google.com/books?id=ltbeu-XY6YgC&pg=RA1-PA161&lpg=RA1-PA161&dq=%22David+Pinsent%22+born&source=web&ots=jOr7gUXqZJ&sig=M-Zw-BOz6KyDMffSYYnKT9rQ0xk&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=4&ct=result Books-Google-161].
5. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.wittgen-cam.ac.uk/cgi-bin/text/biogre3.html |title=Ludwig Wittgenstein: Cambridge |accessdate=2008-02-28 |work=Cambridge Wittgenstein Archive |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080222025841/http://www.wittgen-cam.ac.uk/cgi-bin/text/biogre3.html |archivedate=2008-02-22 |df= }}

External links

  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20120815202457/http://headington.org.uk/oxon/sunningwell/05_pinsent_david.html Sunningwell War Memorial] — Brief biography of David Hume Pinsent
  • Wittgenstein Chronology - Chronology of Ludwig Wittgenstein's life, with summaries of Pinsent's diary entries for the times they spent together.
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